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2026
The latest ‘get out of jail card’ politician must address the poverty that undermines Britainoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham must tackle poverty as prime minister. Here’s Big Issue’s blueprint for him to followoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2026
Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they needoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2026
New prime minister Andy Burnham starts with vow to end rough sleeping. Here’s how he aims to do itoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look likeoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
20 Jul 2026
‘I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester’s hidden side’original ↗
19 Jul 2026
The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitnessoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2026
17 Jul 2026
Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to knoworiginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’original ↗
17 Jul 2026
Rising childcare costs during summer holidays leave working parents paying £1,145 per childoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: ‘He was one of the kindest’original ↗
16 Jul 2026
16 Jul 2026
Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planetoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2026
‘At your sick child’s bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially’original ↗
16 Jul 2026
15 Jul 2026
‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing marketoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham’s council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heatoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
14 Jul 2026
YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: ‘Forget right or left, it’s people who own things and people who don’t’original ↗
14 Jul 2026
Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: ‘They miss out’original ↗
14 Jul 2026
Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here’s how Andy Burnham can take actionoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’original ↗
13 Jul 2026
Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequalityoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
Revealed: Homeless people face ‘postcode lottery’ of support leaving them at risk in heatwavesoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
12 Jul 2026
I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chancesoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope againoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
‘I speak with millionaires on a daily basis, and they tell me that they want a wealth tax’original ↗
10 Jul 2026
Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the lineoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2026
8 Jul 2026
Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plansoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2026
YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’original ↗
8 Jul 2026
8 Jul 2026
7 Jul 2026
Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’original ↗
7 Jul 2026
7 Jul 2026
‘The EU stands for corruption, nepotism, illegality and waste. Why would we reverse Brexit?’original ↗
7 Jul 2026
Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That’s the reality for thousands of familiesoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
Alex never thought he would need benefits – then he lost his job and needed universal credit to surviveoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2026
Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’original ↗
5 Jul 2026
Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversaryoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their strugglesoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’original ↗
3 Jul 2026
3 Jul 2026
It is a decade since the world lost Caroline Aherne – an extraordinary talent and a relatable geniusoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel povertyoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’original ↗
1 Jul 2026
30 Jun 2026
The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’original ↗
30 Jun 2026
29 Jun 2026
Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to itoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’original ↗
29 Jun 2026
29 Jun 2026
Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need supportoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’original ↗
29 Jun 2026
28 Jun 2026
UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight themoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
28 Jun 2026
Sadiq Khan admits he is ‘really worried’ about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londonersoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
26 Jun 2026
Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’original ↗
26 Jun 2026
No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near youoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debtsoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
24 Jun 2026