Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen
person with head down
Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen

Experts issue energy bill 'red warning' as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
A person adjusting a heating control device
Fuel Poverty

Experts issue energy bill 'red warning' as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Prince William
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support
baby bank
Baby banks

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes
Big Issue cover 1723: Hive Hopes
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Ghulam Qasim
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'
The AT&T Stadium in Dallas will host nine games in the World Cup
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Langmead House in Bromley-by-Bow
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'
child at window
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
a person sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'
a woman walking at night
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
a polling station sign
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’