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Letters: Immigration is good for a country
Letters: Immigration is good for a country
Readers respond to the Epping protests
Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'
Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'
Inside the Big Issue: Michael Sheen's great debt battle
Inside the Big Issue: Michael Sheen's great debt battle
Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners' strike
Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners' strike
Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"
Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"
It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: 'Take my concerns to Westminster'
Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: 'Take my concerns to Westminster'
Letters: We're all 'economically active' whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters: We're all 'economically active' whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission
Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission
'It's surreal': Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
'It's surreal': Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
'I'm going to miss him': Calls for plaque in memory to 'gentle' Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
'I'm going to miss him': Calls for plaque in memory to 'gentle' Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
