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Martin Lewis hails ‘life-changing’ victory over 'thuggish' debt letters
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Money

Martin Lewis hails ‘life-changing’ victory over 'thuggish' debt letters

Gordon Brown: 'Joblessness, homelessness and hopelessness are not inevitable'
Gordon Brown
News

Gordon Brown: 'Joblessness, homelessness and hopelessness are not inevitable'

Right to Buy at 40: The controversial policy that transformed lives
Thatcher hands over deeds to council house
Housing

Right to Buy at 40: The controversial policy that transformed lives

Black people in UK 'three times as likely to experience homelessness’
Black homelessness Pixabay
Housing

Black people in UK 'three times as likely to experience homelessness’

Why do we believe conspiracy theories? Our vendor expert explains
Politics

Why do we believe conspiracy theories? Our vendor expert explains

Big Issue Invest's £3m backing to boost affordable housing in Glasgow
Housing

Big Issue Invest's £3m backing to boost affordable housing in Glasgow

New rules on office conversions don't guarantee good housing, say campaigners
Social housing
Housing

New rules on office conversions don't guarantee good housing, say campaigners

Your RORA idea: 'Give laid-off builders the chance to adapt empty homes'
RORA
Employment

Your RORA idea: 'Give laid-off builders the chance to adapt empty homes'

‘Losing all of my work completely took away my coping mechanism’
Employment

‘Losing all of my work completely took away my coping mechanism’

Gig economy creating 'nearly homeless' generation during pandemic
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Employment

Gig economy creating 'nearly homeless' generation during pandemic

Fact/Fiction: Does being unpopular at school mean future heart problems?
Fact Fiction 1429 Miles Cole
News

Fact/Fiction: Does being unpopular at school mean future heart problems?

Big Issue vendors’ stories at heart of 'poignant' new radio play
Unknown radio play
News

Big Issue vendors’ stories at heart of 'poignant' new radio play

'Proud to sell The Big Issue': Popular New Milton vendor Ed Sirani has died
Ed Sirani
News

'Proud to sell The Big Issue': Popular New Milton vendor Ed Sirani has died

Prime Minister announces free courses to 'give skills people need'
Housing

Prime Minister announces free courses to 'give skills people need'

Formerly homeless street artist STIK unveils new sculpture in London
Art

Formerly homeless street artist STIK unveils new sculpture in London

Finance watchdog to step in to protect access to cash
Money

Finance watchdog to step in to protect access to cash

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Campaigners team up to fund mental health support for forgotten freelancers
Health

Campaigners team up to fund mental health support for forgotten freelancers

The Big Exchange adds Nordea to growing ethical funding platform
The Big Exchange
Money

The Big Exchange adds Nordea to growing ethical funding platform

The Pope has been popping up in art as a homeless man on the streets of Milan
Pope AleXsandro Palombo
Art

The Pope has been popping up in art as a homeless man on the streets of Milan

Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue
carole baughan
Art

Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue

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