wales
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'
![Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, speaks at an event](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untitled-design-23.png?w=768)
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'
The Plaid Cymru leader answers our questions on the green transition, Housing First and poverty ahead of polling day
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
This grassroots venue brings 'astonishing' music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
![Tivoli grassroots venue north Wales - Martin Kemp onstage pointing at the crowd](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tivoli-martin-kemp-credit-Swillys-Photography-Service.jpg?w=768)
This grassroots venue brings 'astonishing' music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor Marc Jones, 47, found dead in hostel
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor Marc Jones, 47, found dead in hostel
Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year
Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year
What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all
![Climate change minister Julie James has laid out plans to end homelessness in Wales](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Minister-for-Climate-Change-Julie-James-on-a-visit-to-Ty-Glas-y-Dorlan-1.jpg?w=768)
What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all
How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age
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How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age
British rainforests: Rare ecosystems to be restored in Wales and the Isle of Man
![A fragment of Britain's ancient rainforests at Coed Crafnant.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Untitled-design-2023-05-02T173639.151-1.jpg?w=768)
British rainforests: Rare ecosystems to be restored in Wales and the Isle of Man
100 people making a difference for future generations in Wales
![Wales future generations](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Changemakers-in-Wales.jpg?w=768)
100 people making a difference for future generations in Wales
I'm in north Wales, on the fantasy beach holiday of my childhood
![Harlech Castle, Gwynned](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/harlech-castle-ga1fef9053_1920.gif?w=768)
I'm in north Wales, on the fantasy beach holiday of my childhood
Wales has stopped building new roads. Will other countries go down the same route?
![Car illustration](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1526_SUPP_welsh-roads.jpg?w=768)
Wales has stopped building new roads. Will other countries go down the same route?
The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
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The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
BetterPod: Sophie Howe explains how to make a better tomorrow
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BetterPod: Sophie Howe explains how to make a better tomorrow
'Poverty kills': Sophie Howe on fronting the fight for future generations
![future generations sophie howe](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1515_BetterPod_1.jpg?w=768)
'Poverty kills': Sophie Howe on fronting the fight for future generations
1 in 10 people in Wales have no access to public transport
![Image of a bus to Holywell.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wales-bus-e1652198373408.jpg?w=768)
1 in 10 people in Wales have no access to public transport
Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
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Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
Protesters take to the beaches over sewage pollution
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Protesters take to the beaches over sewage pollution
Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030
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Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030
Mental health, climate change, inequality: the priorities for Welsh future generations
![The Democracy Box's Josh White (Blank Face); Lola Evans; Katherine Rees; Tess Honorwood; Emily Mae Jones; and Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe, send a message ahead of the local elections](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Future-generations-manifesto-launch.jpg?w=768)
Mental health, climate change, inequality: the priorities for Welsh future generations
Welsh care leavers to receive £1,600 a month in basic income pilot
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Welsh care leavers to receive £1,600 a month in basic income pilot
Wales is paying landlords to give up their empty properties to homeless people
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Wales is paying landlords to give up their empty properties to homeless people
Wales Big Issue vendor in demand for art commissions across the UK
![Images of two art works done by Big Issue vendor Slavcho Slavov.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Michael-Marmot-pic-1.png?w=768)
Wales Big Issue vendor in demand for art commissions across the UK
How to unlock your artistic side: Big Issue vendor on confidence in your art
![Images of two art works done by Big Issue vendor Slavcho Slavov.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Michael-Marmot-pic-1.png?w=768)
How to unlock your artistic side: Big Issue vendor on confidence in your art
Drawn Together art project has put Big Issue vendors on the map
![Pete O'Day](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pete-ODay-Drawn-Together-Wales-hero.jpg?w=768)