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Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey opted not to unfreeze local housing allowance at the 2026 autumn budget
Housing

Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze 'puts rough sleeping promise at risk'

Chancellor John Healey decided not to raise local housing allowance rates at the autumn budget. Campaigners have warned it will lead to families facing 'impossible choices'
Gherkins, Dolly Parton and £100 off energy bills: What does the autumn budget mean for you?
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey prepares to deliver the Budget at 11 Downing Street
Autumn budget

Gherkins, Dolly Parton and £100 off energy bills: What does the autumn budget mean for you?

We're Not Buying It: Why thousands of people are threatening to boycott supermarkets for one day
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Cost of living

We're Not Buying It: Why thousands of people are threatening to boycott supermarkets for one day

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'
Interview

Andy Burnham: 'I'm not naive. You can't say there will be nobody sleeping rough after Christmas'

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next
University of Roehampton lead researcher Dr Melissa Jogie
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next

Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: 'Very concerning'
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Personal Independence Payment

Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: 'Very concerning'

Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?
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Employment

Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise
a woman sitting on the side of a road
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use
boarded up empty homes
Housing

How Big Issue inspired government to bring empty homes back into use

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush
Lenny Rush

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister
Homelessness minister Florence Eshalomi and prime minister Andy Burnham.
Homelessness

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister

DWP rule change means people in temporary accommodation no longer lose money for working
a person working at a desk
Social Justice

DWP rule change means people in temporary accommodation no longer lose money for working

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no
Big Issue vendor, Alfie Brew on his pitch at Co-op, St Thomas, Exeter
Housing

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no

Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?
Steven MacKenzie

Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?

Lives are being 'tragically cut short' due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know
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Homeless deaths

Lives are being 'tragically cut short' due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know

More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’
Homeless deaths tribute
Homelessness

More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'
PIP claimant Jake
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping
Independence Initiative's Darren advises chancellor John Healey and prime minister Andy Burnham in the charity's pantry
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping

Inside the Big Issue: KSI's got talent
Big Issue cover 1737 featuring multiple photos of KSI
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: KSI's got talent

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a House of Lords debate on empty homes
Housing

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’
Jordan has been in and out of homelessness services for many years. Now in temporary accommodation, Jordan has been supported with his mental health and is positively moving forward.
Housing

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January
an elderly person looking out
Energy bills

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
A couple being shown around a home by an estate agent
Renting

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’
Bryan Adams
Social Justice

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’