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Cost of living crisis: Christmas leads to months of debt for 1 in 5 Brits
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis: Christmas leads to months of debt for 1 in 5 Brits

The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis
NHS crisis

The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis

'Life is so comic. It's so ludicrous. Look at Matt Hancock!' Succession star Matthew Macfadyen on his new role as disgraced MP John Stonehouse
Matthew Macfadyen, who stars in Stonehouse
TV

'Life is so comic. It's so ludicrous. Look at Matt Hancock!' Succession star Matthew Macfadyen on his new role as disgraced MP John Stonehouse

In tribute to the Big Issue vendors we lost in 2022
In memoriam
News

In tribute to the Big Issue vendors we lost in 2022

2023 predicted to be 'groundhog year' for families as bills rise and pay packets shrink
energy bills 2023
Cost of living crisis

2023 predicted to be 'groundhog year' for families as bills rise and pay packets shrink

The biggest wins by activists in 2022, from food banks to museums
wins by activists
Activism

The biggest wins by activists in 2022, from food banks to museums

People want electric cars and insulated homes but can't afford them, government told
Environment

People want electric cars and insulated homes but can't afford them, government told

Energy costs leave millions living in 'Dickensian conditions' over Christmas
Energy bills

Energy costs leave millions living in 'Dickensian conditions' over Christmas

Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us
Environment

Here's how much climate change events are actually costing us

Gypsy and Traveller families 'paying £600 a month for gas' after being left out in the cold from government support
Gypsy and Traveller Communities

Gypsy and Traveller families 'paying £600 a month for gas' after being left out in the cold from government support

Monty Python's silly walks recommended by doctors to stay healthy
Fitness

Monty Python's silly walks recommended by doctors to stay healthy

Yorkshire history book climbs Amazon charts as thousands exploit loophole to raise money for food banks
food bank christmas
Activism

Yorkshire history book climbs Amazon charts as thousands exploit loophole to raise money for food banks

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'
NHS strikes

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov
NHS nurses hold placards expressing their opinion during a protest outside St. Thomas' Hospital in central London on day one of the two strikes taking place this month.
Strikes

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Gordon Brown
Social Justice

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns

These primary students are going for Christmas number one to raise money for their school
children singing at Barn Croft school
Cost of Living

These primary students are going for Christmas number one to raise money for their school

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country
World Cup

Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country

Teaching social housing tenants how to complain to their landlord 'will not address the imbalance'
Social housing

Teaching social housing tenants how to complain to their landlord 'will not address the imbalance'

Big Issue sellers are seven times more likely to need food and fuel support this Christmas
Big Issue vendor
Big Issue vendors

Big Issue sellers are seven times more likely to need food and fuel support this Christmas

How O2 are helping to tackle data poverty by offering free data to those in need this Christmas
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How O2 are helping to tackle data poverty by offering free data to those in need this Christmas

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