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Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Renting

Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’

The Renters' Rights Act is now in force, bringing an end to a seven-year wait to ban no-fault evictions
Boost for Sadiq Khan as rough sleeping in London plummets: 'Now build on it'
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Homelessness

Boost for Sadiq Khan as rough sleeping in London plummets: 'Now build on it'

The number of homeless children in England could fill Wembley Stadium twice: 'A clear failure'
Inside Wembley Stadium
Homelessness

The number of homeless children in England could fill Wembley Stadium twice: 'A clear failure'

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think
Voting

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think

Brits trust Greens as much as Labour to reduce poverty, Big Issue research shows
Poverty

Brits trust Greens as much as Labour to reduce poverty, Big Issue research shows

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Youth unemployment has a 'long-term scarring effect' affecting finances and health decades later
Teenager on a laptop
Employment

Youth unemployment has a 'long-term scarring effect' affecting finances and health decades later

Inside the Big Issue: Richard Gadd and the measure of a Half Man
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Richard Gadd and the measure of a Half Man

The truth behind Matt Le Tissier's fight with Grok over 'chemtrails'
Matt le Tissier and a plane leaving condensation trials
Debunked

The truth behind Matt Le Tissier's fight with Grok over 'chemtrails'

It's no longer a cost of living crisis – it's a cost of surviving crisis
Mike Towers
Mike Towers

It's no longer a cost of living crisis – it's a cost of surviving crisis

104 children's deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: 'We should be outraged'
An image of a baby
Homelessness

104 children's deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: 'We should be outraged'

Gilbert & George: 'Homeless people tend not to end up in a picture'
Gilbert & George's artwork - Number Twelve, featuring their friend George Crompton
Art

Gilbert & George: 'Homeless people tend not to end up in a picture'

'Terrified of a rent increase': How Labour's housing benefit cuts are hitting renters
Terraced houses in Manchester
Renting

'Terrified of a rent increase': How Labour's housing benefit cuts are hitting renters

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'
Renter Jo Winter
Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here's what it means for you
Martin Lewis
Money

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here's what it means for you

Switching to a four-day week ‘could save councils £1bn a year’
a man and a woman working at computers
Employment

Switching to a four-day week ‘could save councils £1bn a year’

Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: 'It's unacceptable'
Sanitary towels
Period poverty

Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: 'It's unacceptable'

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’
Wayne Ellaway Homeless World Cup
Homelessness

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Unpaid carers

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'

Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary
yungblud

Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'
Yungblud
Yungblud

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'

New homeless village offers 'brilliant solution' that organisers want to bring to a town near you
Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn on the steps of one of the modular homes at the new Harriet Gardens village
Homelessness

New homeless village offers 'brilliant solution' that organisers want to bring to a town near you

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The US-Iran war creates a 'perfect storm' for the UK's food supply 'hitting the poorest hardest'
Image of a woman working at a food bank
Social Justice

The US-Iran war creates a 'perfect storm' for the UK's food supply 'hitting the poorest hardest'

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty
Big Issue Education programme shows a Big Issue vendor speaking to children in a school
Education

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Child poverty

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Inside the Big Issue: The hidden heartbeat of the nation
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The hidden heartbeat of the nation