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Campaigners urge financial watchdog to cap credit card costs to slash debt
Money

Campaigners urge financial watchdog to cap credit card costs to slash debt

Cardboard Citizens premiere new show shining a light on homeless deaths
Cathy by Cardboard Citizens
Culture

Cardboard Citizens premiere new show shining a light on homeless deaths

Gallery: Exhibition showcases photography of rough sleepers and sofa surfers
Art

Gallery: Exhibition showcases photography of rough sleepers and sofa surfers

Daily overdraft fees scrapped in major shake-up
Money

Daily overdraft fees scrapped in major shake-up

Mark Millar opens new community café to boost his hometown
Mark Millar Stuart Crawford Flickr
Culture

Mark Millar opens new community café to boost his hometown

High-cost credit complaints are up by 130 per cent this year
credit debt
Money

High-cost credit complaints are up by 130 per cent this year

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue
orchestra
Art

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue

Join the Big Issue Coldwar Steve treasure hunt
Art

Join the Big Issue Coldwar Steve treasure hunt

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover
Art

Chronicler of Brexit Coldwar Steve designs exclusive Big Issue cover

The very dab: Scots words show 'innovation and self-deprecation'
Culture

The very dab: Scots words show 'innovation and self-deprecation'

Radio series about the lives of homeless duo Tara and George wins BPG Award
Tara and George - BBC Radio
Radio

Radio series about the lives of homeless duo Tara and George wins BPG Award

Why an artist is travelling the UK collecting people's fingerprints
Elaine Robinson
Art

Why an artist is travelling the UK collecting people's fingerprints

People with mental health issues are paying an extra £1,500 a year on bills
a side-on view of a gas hob which has been lit
News

People with mental health issues are paying an extra £1,500 a year on bills

Government starts crackdown on landlords who won't let to people on benefits
Housing

Government starts crackdown on landlords who won't let to people on benefits

Right to Rent breaches human rights law and fuels racism, High Court rules
Housing

Right to Rent breaches human rights law and fuels racism, High Court rules

Vendor City Guide: Ljubljana, Slovenia
News

Vendor City Guide: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
More than a million carers and cleaners are suffering in-work poverty
Social care
Social Justice

More than a million carers and cleaners are suffering in-work poverty

Wonga has left 10,000 customers out of pocket from 'beyond the grave'
Wonga
News

Wonga has left 10,000 customers out of pocket from 'beyond the grave'

Council action against criminal landlords is down by a quarter
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
Housing

Council action against criminal landlords is down by a quarter

People in 2,000 UK locations are breathing dangerously polluted air
Air pollution
Environment

People in 2,000 UK locations are breathing dangerously polluted air