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MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'
MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'
Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
'I was barely existing before PIP': Benefit claimants say they're 'terrified' of Labour's cuts
'I was barely existing before PIP': Benefit claimants say they're 'terrified' of Labour's cuts
Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest's £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership
Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest's £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as 'target practice'
Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King's birthday honours
Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King's birthday honours
Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: 'Families can't wait'
Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: 'Families can't wait'
Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'
Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'
Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Labour could build 500,000 social homes 'at a stretch' with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge
Labour told to set out how many social homes it will build with £39bn spending review pledge
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples' lives
Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'
Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'
Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families
Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families
Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of 'cruel' 200-year law
