Poverty
Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to 'f**k off'
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-design-2.jpg?w=768)
Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to 'f**k off'
Food banks brace for 'worst winter yet' as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
![Trussell Trust food banks](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4431_220626-SalfordFBShoot-1Y4A3343_cChris-Lacey-Photography.jpg?w=768)
Food banks brace for 'worst winter yet' as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: 'The system is broken'
![woman worried about debt](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pexels-karolina-grabowska-5900093.jpg?w=766)
Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: 'The system is broken'
UK is on brink of a mass homelessness crisis. Government must act now – before it's too late
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1580_Manchester-van_Manchester-has-8-times-more-homeless-people-than-any-other-city-in-the-North-West.-Credit-Shikhar-Talwar-copy.jpg?w=768)
UK is on brink of a mass homelessness crisis. Government must act now – before it's too late
Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty
![A blue and red manifesto](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1585_JB_hero.jpg?w=768)
Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty
Yet another beggar banned from asking for money. Does legal action really tackle the problem?
![vagrancy act rough sleeping](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dan-burton-w3TwyZMlfPg-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Yet another beggar banned from asking for money. Does legal action really tackle the problem?
Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design-2023-09-29T132850.360.jpg?w=768)
Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and 'living in quite terrible times'
![Artist Sarah Lucas](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sarah-lucas-hero-1.jpg?w=768)
Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and 'living in quite terrible times'
Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design-2023-09-27T151647.604.jpg?w=768)
Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme
Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues
![David Olusoga at the derelict former Ravenscraig steelworks site in Motherwell](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/David-Olusoga-HERO1.jpg?w=768)
Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues
Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge
![homelessness](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jonathan-kho-ming-jun-KA9gL7koE_Y-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge
Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design-2023-09-21T134603.692.jpg?w=768)
Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It's time we united for justice
![disabled people protesting](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/19018815013_d64ed8b125_o.jpg?w=768)
Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It's time we united for justice
Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of 'Victorian' diseases
![A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-11-at-13.49.17-1.jpeg?w=768)
Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of 'Victorian' diseases
Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there's a simple solution
![Young people are at high risk of homelessness and exploitation.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/youth-homelessness-hero-david-east-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there's a simple solution
Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design-2023-09-14T161731.827.jpg?w=768)
Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting's rise amid cost of living crisis
![shoplifting](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pexels-clem-onojeghuo-375896.jpg?w=768)
Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting's rise amid cost of living crisis
Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
![An older man sits on a couch looking at an iPad. Pension triple lock](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pexels-kampus-production-7551585.jpg?w=768)
Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
![Iceland Food Club](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Iceland-store-Fulham-2-1024x533-1.jpg?w=768)
Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign
![End Housing Insecurity Now](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/02-End-Housing-Insecurity-now_1920x1080-2.jpg?w=768)