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I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
Two Peckham residents
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness
a person experiencing homelessness on the street
Homelessness

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans
nhs workers protesting
NHS

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families
person sat on bed in dark room worrying
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families

Labour must clamp down on 'mega-donors' like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn
Elon Musk
Politics

Labour must clamp down on 'mega-donors' like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025
house for sale sign
House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'
A woman holding a banner reading 'Justice'
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?
christmas
Christmas

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes
homeless tents on Oxford Street in London
Homelessness

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
A row of houses in the UK
Renting

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas
schoolchildren sat at desks
Homelessness

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'
A homeless person's tent on the street
Rough sleeping

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'

Prices rise at highest rate in months: 'Families are still struggling with the cost of living'
Rachel Reeves
Inflation

Prices rise at highest rate in months: 'Families are still struggling with the cost of living'

Thames Water secures £3bn emergency bailout – here's what it means for your bills and your wallet
Water crisis

Thames Water secures £3bn emergency bailout – here's what it means for your bills and your wallet

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: 'It's time to turn the tide'
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: 'It's time to turn the tide'

Campaigners vow to ‘keep fighting’ for young people as Online Safety Act ‘fails to go far enough’
Stock photo of a teenage girl using a smartphone
Online safety

Campaigners vow to ‘keep fighting’ for young people as Online Safety Act ‘fails to go far enough’

'I was restrained for hours': Mental health hospitals accused of 're-traumatising' patients
a person in a hospital gown
Mental health

'I was restrained for hours': Mental health hospitals accused of 're-traumatising' patients

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest
Renters march down London's Oxford Street holding a banner demanding 'rent controls now'
RENTING

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest