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Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/letters/letters-who-asked-for-data-centres/", "published_at": "2026-08-18T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb3-25d7-7060-8b4b-bb9075aef754", "title": "Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the King", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/renters-king-charles-prince-william/", "published_at": "2026-08-18T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb3-25d7-7060-8b4b-bb90768e34e9", "title": "‘Mum’s no longer with us. I know she’d be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/florence-eshalomi-on-becoming-homelessness-minister/", "published_at": "2026-08-18T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb3-25d7-7060-8b4b-bb9076f2e9fe", "title": "NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/neets-crisis-young-people-shuab-gamote/", "published_at": "2026-08-18T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb3-25d7-7060-8b4b-bb907790fe97", "title": "Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: ‘I know what a difference a safe home makes’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/florence-eshalomi-homelessness-minister/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T15:37:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb3-25d7-7060-8b4b-bb90780cf1c2", "title": "Amelia Dimoldenberg: How can young people thrive if there are no places left for them to grow?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/amelia-dimoldenberg-big-issue-takeover-young-people/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9c760245", "title": "More Brits are taking on credit card debt to deal with the cost of living. Here’s how to get help", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/brits-credit-card-debt-cost-of-living-stepchange/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9cdbd5c2", "title": "Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t work", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/tories-ban-foreigners-social-housing-would-it-work/", "published_at": "2026-08-17T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9d3d00d5", "title": "I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/homeless-charity-10-years-people-focus4hope/", "published_at": "2026-08-16T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9dc1b165", "title": "The Edinburgh tour delivered by a former homeless woman that goes to the city’s darkest corners", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/travel/edinburgh-tour-invisible-cities/", "published_at": "2026-08-15T03:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9df20413", "title": "The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/the-scripts-danny-odonoghue-ltmys-interview/", "published_at": "2026-08-14T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9e6700d1", "title": "What walking around the world taught Karl Bushby: ‘A constant display of the very best of humanity’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/karl-bushby-walk-around-the-world/", "published_at": "2026-08-14T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9f012031", "title": "Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors’ sales: ‘Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/heatwaves-hit-big-issue-vendors-sales/", "published_at": "2026-08-13T12:06:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fc9f89e36c", "title": "Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in ‘landlord-class Britain’?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/homelessness-prevention-andy-burnham/", "published_at": "2026-08-13T11:31:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fca009cfc4", "title": "Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kids", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/homelessness-andy-burnham-england-jan-march-2026/", "published_at": "2026-08-13T11:29:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfb9-5b8e-7135-8fab-f0fca02b0346", "title": "How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/james-ellis-ford-hospital-leukaemia/", "published_at": "2026-08-13T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfc8d12c76", "title": "Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/formula-e-giffgaff-big-issue-recruit-london/", "published_at": "2026-08-13T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfc8d7a00b", "title": "Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here’s how Andy Burnham can change it", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/homelessness-andy-burnham-ligia-teixeira/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfc9c74313", "title": "Farewell to much-loved Wimbledon ‘local landmark’ and Big Issue vendor Jane Burns", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/wimbledon-big-issue-vendor-jane-burns-tribute/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfca602e3a", "title": "Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/health/invisible-night-carers-care-system/", "published_at": "2026-08-12T03:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfcadf5e08", "title": "‘It’s none of Trump’s business how we run our internal affairs’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/letters/letters-its-none-of-trumps-business-how-we-run-our-internal-affairs/", "published_at": "2026-08-11T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfcb31b2ef", "title": "‘Who are you going to trust on social media? You can trust what you hear at Jodrell Bank’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/jodrell-bank-cuts-uk-science/", "published_at": "2026-08-11T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfbf-86d2-70fd-9c95-5fdfcb8d0ee5", "title": "‘I’m a single mum. 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Young disabled people feel deserted’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/disability-benefits-young-people-dwp-pip-universal-credit/", "published_at": "2026-08-06T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfc5-bd9d-7138-ac1b-5df278c2f822", "title": "31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/food/all-the-places-where-kids-eat-free-during-the-holidays/", "published_at": "2026-08-05T13:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9634a1e2e9", "title": "Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go without", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/family-holidays-afford-poverty-uk-andy-burnham/", "published_at": "2026-08-05T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d963577e006", "title": "Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/parents-on-benefits-4500-child-apprenticeship/", "published_at": "2026-08-05T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9635fe0384", "title": "I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my home", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/fleeing-wildfires-france-evacuated/", "published_at": "2026-08-04T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d963604a6f5", "title": "‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/letters/data-centres-power-letters/", "published_at": "2026-08-04T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9636424b71", "title": "As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/data-centres-encroach-in-the-uk/", "published_at": "2026-08-04T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d96368ec382", "title": "A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: ‘We demand you replace what you destroy’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/bugs-and-bikers-google-data-centre/", "published_at": "2026-08-04T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9636c615d4", "title": "Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/otley-run-life-expectancy/", "published_at": "2026-08-03T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9637a6dfa0", "title": "Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/dog-walks-animal-friends/", "published_at": "2026-08-03T03:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d9638343319", "title": "Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/childrens-laureate-patrice-lawrence-interview/", "published_at": "2026-08-02T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfcb-8867-70fd-a7eb-6d963886f16c", "title": "‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/travel/johnny-invisible-cities-cardiff/", "published_at": "2026-08-01T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4af14d5f", "title": "Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/andy-burnham-rough-sleeping-statistics-chain-wales/", "published_at": "2026-07-31T12:19:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4b79a562", "title": "‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/homelessness-ukraine-depaul-mark-mcgreevy/", "published_at": "2026-07-31T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4bd44f6c", "title": "Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tv/ruth-madeley-letter-to-my-younger-self/", "published_at": "2026-07-31T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4c84848b", "title": "Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earn", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/national-care-service-carers-social-care-minimum-wage-unpaid/", "published_at": "2026-07-31T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4cde7a6d", "title": "Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/sir-chris-hoy-interview-commonwealth-games/", "published_at": "2026-07-30T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4d16f1bd", "title": "Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/anti-racism-runnymede-trust/", "published_at": "2026-07-30T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4da08aba", "title": "Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: ‘Will I ever be on stage again?’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/access-to-work-cuts-disabled-actor-dwp/", "published_at": "2026-07-30T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4df66152", "title": "‘I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/simon-denis-london-big-issue/", "published_at": "2026-07-29T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4e46a785", "title": "As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/urban-health-gap-andy-burnham/", "published_at": "2026-07-29T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd0-abd1-716a-a278-d77e4ee43f8d", "title": "‘A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/life/letters/letters-wealth-tax-can-only-go-so-far/", "published_at": "2026-07-28T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b2768d9af", "title": "Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorsteps", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/employment/jobsplus-neets-youth-unemployment-social-housing/", "published_at": "2026-07-28T09:52:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b28287dec", "title": "The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There’s only one way to fix it", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/social-housing-daniel-hewitt/", "published_at": "2026-07-28T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b28a5541e", "title": "Healthier lives were Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026’s games must raise that bar", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/commonwealth-games-glasgow-steven-mackenzie/", "published_at": "2026-07-27T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b28b7c1ef", "title": "Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessness", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/homelessness-2024-southport-riots/", "published_at": "2026-07-27T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b2919d46d", "title": "How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/how-politics-plays-out-on-social-media/", "published_at": "2026-07-26T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b291c8c4f", "title": "A homeless tour of Liverpool: ‘We need to talk about people, real and raw. Everyone’s got a story’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/a-homeless-tour-of-liverpool-invisible-cities/", "published_at": "2026-07-25T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b295e21bf", "title": "‘I’ve had to weep with those who lost everything’: Inside Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/venezuela-devastating-earthquakes-claudia-gonzalez-pacheco/", "published_at": "2026-07-25T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b2994cfb6", "title": "In the occupied West Bank, a child is killed every week. When did that become acceptable?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/occupied-west-bank-children-unicef-dr-philip-goodwin/", "published_at": "2026-07-24T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b2a331b37", "title": "Dame Elaine Paige: ‘The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/theatre/dame-elaine-paige-letter-to-my-younger-self/", "published_at": "2026-07-24T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfd5-b505-715e-8f1c-f19b2a6623c3", "title": "Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/burnham-rough-sleeping-john-bird/", "published_at": "2026-07-24T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726acad647", "title": "If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/food-prices-rents-inflation-groceries/", "published_at": "2026-07-24T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726b283c15", "title": "It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/amys-place-amy-winehouse-addiction-15-years/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T16:17:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726bc0ce1b", "title": "Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/britains-homelessness-shame-cold-hard-facts/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T14:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726c6b4c7d", "title": "The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunity", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/neets-uk-growth-kings-trust/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726d2833e7", "title": "Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/when-andy-burnham-sold-big-issue/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726e023934", "title": "‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/andy-burnham-rough-sleeping-paula-barker/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726e56f92f", "title": "These Londoners were promised millions for affordable homes. 10 years later, they’re still waiting", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/london-clt-shadwell-affordable-homes/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726e9f3c40", "title": "Will Andy Burnham’s £2 bus fares make a difference to the cost of living?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/andy-burnham-bus-fares-cost-of-living/", "published_at": "2026-07-22T14:32:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726ee39d52", "title": "What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/andy-burnham-prime-minister-mental-health/", "published_at": "2026-07-22T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfda-a1a6-7141-a540-82726f04484c", "title": "Politicians decide how much universal credit is worth, not the cost of living. We can change it", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/universal-credit-food-banks-trussell-baroness-lister/", "published_at": "2026-07-22T11:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessnessoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’original ↗
26 Aug 2026
‘RIP Jane. You’ve been a fixture of everyday Wimbledon life forever’original ↗
25 Aug 2026
‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’original ↗
25 Aug 2026
‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’original ↗
25 Aug 2026
In pictures: What it’s like to sleep in your car while homeless in a heatwaveoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
How can we revitalise the high street?original ↗
24 Aug 2026
‘She’s the Queen of Mill Street’: Sam, Demi and the town that brought them both backoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here’s what it could mean for benefitsoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Munya Chawawa and Jack Rooke: ‘How can we make sure new theatre makers aren’t all Oxbridge people?’original ↗
23 Aug 2026
The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?original ↗
22 Aug 2026
Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: ‘Bills are rising but so are we’original ↗
21 Aug 2026
Jordan Stephens: ‘You can’t ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go’original ↗
21 Aug 2026
Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: ‘Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts’original ↗
21 Aug 2026
Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? original ↗
21 Aug 2026
‘I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point’original ↗
20 Aug 2026
‘Everyone wants a job and it’s a nightmare’: What it’s like to be a NEET young person in Britainoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
Hip hop star Loyle Carner is cooking up solutions for young people with ADHD at Chilli Con Carneroriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
Inside Holiday Club: the summer school helping NEET young people start creative careersoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don’t have the care for people that we should have’original ↗
19 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM’s salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’original ↗
19 Aug 2026
Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of societyoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Maya Jama: ‘Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know’original ↗
19 Aug 2026
Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnhamoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
‘What are data centres actually for? Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?’original ↗
18 Aug 2026
Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the Kingoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2026
‘Mum’s no longer with us. I know she’d be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home’original ↗
18 Aug 2026
NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?original ↗
18 Aug 2026
Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: ‘I know what a difference a safe home makes’original ↗
17 Aug 2026
Amelia Dimoldenberg: How can young people thrive if there are no places left for them to grow?original ↗
17 Aug 2026
More Brits are taking on credit card debt to deal with the cost of living. Here’s how to get helporiginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t workoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2026
I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me goingoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2026
The Edinburgh tour delivered by a former homeless woman that goes to the city’s darkest cornersoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2026
The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’original ↗
14 Aug 2026
What walking around the world taught Karl Bushby: ‘A constant display of the very best of humanity’original ↗
14 Aug 2026
Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors’ sales: ‘Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time’original ↗
13 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in ‘landlord-class Britain’?original ↗
13 Aug 2026
Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kidsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2026
How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemiaoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2026
Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidatesoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2026
Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here’s how Andy Burnham can change itoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Farewell to much-loved Wimbledon ‘local landmark’ and Big Issue vendor Jane Burnsoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without themoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
‘It’s none of Trump’s business how we run our internal affairs’original ↗
11 Aug 2026
‘Who are you going to trust on social media? You can trust what you hear at Jodrell Bank’original ↗
11 Aug 2026
‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’original ↗
11 Aug 2026
Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issueoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026
The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focusoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026
Count Binface: ‘Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior’original ↗
10 Aug 2026
Artist Philip Colbert: ‘There’s a fascism of seriousness’original ↗
9 Aug 2026
‘I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It’s no life’original ↗
9 Aug 2026
Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviseroriginal ↗
8 Aug 2026
Bradley Foxwell: the homeless artist showing off his work on the side of canal boatsoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2026
‘I had an injury at work which meant I had to leave my job and claim benefits. Then debt piled up’original ↗
8 Aug 2026
Beth Orton: ‘Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world’original ↗
7 Aug 2026
‘I’ve done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform’original ↗
7 Aug 2026
The growing movement preventing homeless people from having to choose between their pet and a homeoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2026
‘I’m a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted’original ↗
6 Aug 2026
31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidayoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go withoutoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2026
Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?original ↗
5 Aug 2026
I spent the weekend fleeing wildfires in France. This is what it felt like to be evacuated from my homeoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2026
‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’original ↗
4 Aug 2026
As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicismoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2026
A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: ‘We demand you replace what you destroy’original ↗
4 Aug 2026
Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?original ↗
3 Aug 2026
Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walkoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2026
Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’original ↗
2 Aug 2026
‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’original ↗
1 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he facesoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’original ↗
31 Jul 2026
Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’original ↗
31 Jul 2026
Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earnoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’original ↗
30 Jul 2026
Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right noworiginal ↗
30 Jul 2026
Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: ‘Will I ever be on stage again?’original ↗
30 Jul 2026
‘I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night’original ↗
29 Jul 2026
As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?original ↗
29 Jul 2026
‘A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?’original ↗
28 Jul 2026
Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people’s doorstepsoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There’s only one way to fix itoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
Healthier lives were Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026’s games must raise that baroriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessnessoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’original ↗
26 Jul 2026
A homeless tour of Liverpool: ‘We need to talk about people, real and raw. Everyone’s got a story’original ↗
25 Jul 2026
‘I’ve had to weep with those who lost everything’: Inside Venezuela’s devastating earthquakesoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2026
In the occupied West Bank, a child is killed every week. When did that become acceptable?original ↗
24 Jul 2026
Dame Elaine Paige: ‘The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work’original ↗
24 Jul 2026
Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hopeoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2026
If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20original ↗
24 Jul 2026
It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addictionoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2026
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026original ↗
23 Jul 2026
The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunityoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’original ↗
23 Jul 2026
‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’original ↗
23 Jul 2026
These Londoners were promised millions for affordable homes. 10 years later, they’re still waitingoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2026
Will Andy Burnham’s £2 bus fares make a difference to the cost of living?original ↗
22 Jul 2026
What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?original ↗
22 Jul 2026
Politicians decide how much universal credit is worth, not the cost of living. We can change itoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
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