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Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
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A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why
a person rough sleeping under a blue blanket on the street
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation
Andy Burnham with Bee Network buses
Transport

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
benefits

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Politics

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'
Stormzy
Reading

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: 'This opportunity cannot be wasted'
stephen timms
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: 'This opportunity cannot be wasted'

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould campaigner Lisa Malyon with her daughter and son
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets
a man sleeping rough on the street
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
a UK street with a blue sky
Renting

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
empty wallet
Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn
A child wearing a teddy bear backpack
Child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Floral tributes and messages have been left on 'Paul's bench' in Summertown, Oxford
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: 'I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights'
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: 'I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
person using credit card
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there
The empty space where a homelessness encampment used to stand near Adelphi Terrace on the Strand in Westminster
Homelessness

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza
Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley, Jessie Buckley and Judi Dench.
Gaza

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza

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