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Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/homeless-battling-addiction-charity-grace/", "published_at": "2026-07-03T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dff7-c9e5-7101-8b99-35b2eef607e5", "title": "Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/asylum-seekers-repay-government-10000/", "published_at": "2026-07-03T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dff7-c9e5-7101-8b99-35b2ef5f802d", "title": "North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/children-mental-health-crisis-north-hardest/", "published_at": "2026-07-03T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dff7-c9e5-7101-8b99-35b2efb3b281", "title": "It is a decade since the world lost Caroline Aherne – an extraordinary talent and a relatable genius", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tv/it-is-a-decade-since-the-world-lost-caroline-aherne-an-extraordinary-talent-and-a-relatable-genius/", "published_at": "2026-07-02T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dff7-c9e5-7101-8b99-35b2eff4d353", "title": "Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/scarlett-chapman-big-issue-changemaker/", "published_at": "2026-07-02T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dffb-832e-734f-845c-3b875a605c56", "title": "How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/how-being-named-a-big-issue-changemaker-changes-lives/", "published_at": "2026-07-02T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dffb-832e-734f-845c-3b875ad0661c", "title": "Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/ofgem-energy-price-fuel-poverty-july-2026/", "published_at": "2026-07-01T11:26:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dffb-832e-734f-845c-3b875bae9eaf", "title": "Energy bills are rising. 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The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/extremism-no-nationality-uk-not-immune-cults/", "published_at": "2026-06-27T11:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dffe-f617-7280-bb08-ca7f08c56b5b", "title": "How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/sapphire-mcintosh-homelessness-to-ted-lasso/", "published_at": "2026-06-27T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ab3157ae", "title": "Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/becky-hill-grassroots-venues-everywhere-all-at-once/", "published_at": "2026-06-27T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981abf9f571", "title": "Sadiq Khan admits he is ‘really worried’ about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/sadiq-khan-worried-hot-weather-homeless-londoners/", "published_at": "2026-06-26T11:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ac6976a2", "title": "Miki Berenyi: ‘Grassroots gigs are 100 times more intense than stadium shows’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/miki-berenyi-grassroots-gigs-everywhere-at-once/", "published_at": "2026-06-26T07:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ac9762b3", "title": "How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/film/how-to-live-on-earth-environmental-documentary-need-to-watch/", "published_at": "2026-06-26T07:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981acd81666", "title": "Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/opera-singer-danielle-de-niese-letter-to-my-younger-self/", "published_at": "2026-06-26T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ace67f43", "title": "No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/no-glastonbury-everywhere-at-once-festival/", "published_at": "2026-06-26T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ad286995", "title": "How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/the-reytons-interview/", "published_at": "2026-06-25T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ae145e8d", "title": "‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/millwall-romans-gay-footballers-world-cup/", "published_at": "2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981ae4360a9", "title": "DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-ban-people-driving-recover-benefit-debts/", "published_at": "2026-06-24T13:37:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0e002-93aa-70a3-8deb-8981aeaccae0", "title": "There’s more to do to protect children from online dangers beyond the social media ban", "url": "https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/labour-risks-mistake-social-media-ban/", "published_at": "2026-06-24T13:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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Could Andy Burnham introduce a universal basic income?original ↗

22 Jul 2026

The latest ‘get out of jail card’ politician must address the poverty that undermines Britain original ↗

22 Jul 2026

‘We need to tax the rich, not the working class’original ↗

21 Jul 2026

How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping original ↗

21 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham must tackle poverty as prime minister. Here’s Big Issue’s blueprint for him to follow original ↗

21 Jul 2026

Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they need original ↗

21 Jul 2026

New prime minister Andy Burnham starts with vow to end rough sleeping. Here’s how he aims to do it original ↗

20 Jul 2026

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look like original ↗

20 Jul 2026

Here’s what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis original ↗

20 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham has an epic task ahead of him. He needs to come out swinging original ↗

20 Jul 2026

Four Myths That Stop People Getting Their Eyes and Ears Tested original ↗

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

Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’original ↗

19 Jul 2026

‘Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too’original ↗

18 Jul 2026

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness original ↗

18 Jul 2026

Dan Smith: ‘Bastille’s mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas’original ↗

17 Jul 2026

Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to know original ↗

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 child original ↗

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

Planning a summer of fun? Here’s how to stop a holiday turning into a debt hangover original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?original ↗

16 Jul 2026

‘At your sick child’s bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially’original ↗

16 Jul 2026

‘The UK’s national debt is total insanity. We need an expert to get us out of this mess’original ↗

15 Jul 2026

‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing market original ↗

15 Jul 2026

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat original ↗

15 Jul 2026

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules are here. What do the changes mean for you?original ↗

15 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham’s council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heat original ↗

14 Jul 2026

The long, hot summer of 1976 changed Britain. What can we learn from it 50 years later?original ↗

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 action original ↗

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 inequality original ↗

13 Jul 2026

Revealed: Homeless people face ‘postcode lottery’ of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves original ↗

13 Jul 2026

‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’original ↗

12 Jul 2026

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts original ↗

12 Jul 2026

How Love Island links to a universal basic income original ↗

11 Jul 2026

How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today original ↗

11 Jul 2026

I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances original ↗

10 Jul 2026

Barry’s Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube original ↗

10 Jul 2026

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again original ↗

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 I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg original ↗

9 Jul 2026

Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line original ↗

9 Jul 2026

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor original ↗

9 Jul 2026

PIP assessment process is ‘dehumanising’ and ‘degrading’, government’s Timms Review finds original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Why community art is prevention, not decoration original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar original ↗

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

How a journey on the train suggests living in the real world is not for everyone original ↗

8 Jul 2026

The cost of bringing up a baby is rising. Parents need help original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Jinkx Monsoon: ‘Billionaires have no one to blame but themselves if they’re hated’original ↗

7 Jul 2026

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’original ↗

7 Jul 2026

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness’original ↗

7 Jul 2026

‘The EU stands for corruption, nepotism, illegality and waste. Why would we reverse Brexit?’original ↗

7 Jul 2026

Gary Stevenson: Why I’m taking over the Big Issue to call for a wealth tax original ↗

6 Jul 2026

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That’s the reality for thousands of families original ↗

6 Jul 2026

Alex never thought he would need benefits – then he lost his job and needed universal credit to survive original ↗

6 Jul 2026

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business original ↗

5 Jul 2026

Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’original ↗

5 Jul 2026

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon original ↗

4 Jul 2026

Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversary original ↗

4 Jul 2026

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’original ↗

3 Jul 2026

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen original ↗

3 Jul 2026

It is a decade since the world lost Caroline Aherne – an extraordinary talent and a relatable genius original ↗

2 Jul 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis original ↗

2 Jul 2026

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives original ↗

2 Jul 2026

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?original ↗

1 Jul 2026

The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’original ↗

30 Jun 2026

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’original ↗

30 Jun 2026

Why marching at Pride means so much to me as a survivor of torture original ↗

30 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham’s approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump original ↗

29 Jun 2026

Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to it original ↗

29 Jun 2026

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’original ↗

29 Jun 2026

No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?original ↗

29 Jun 2026

Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support original ↗

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

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground original ↗

29 Jun 2026

Why you cannot fix the shoplifting crisis without addressing homelessness and addiction original ↗

28 Jun 2026

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them original ↗

28 Jun 2026

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy original ↗

28 Jun 2026

‘Extremism knows no nationality. The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’original ↗

27 Jun 2026

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso original ↗

27 Jun 2026

Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’original ↗

27 Jun 2026

Sadiq Khan admits he is ‘really worried’ about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners original ↗

26 Jun 2026

Miki Berenyi: ‘Grassroots gigs are 100 times more intense than stadium shows’original ↗

26 Jun 2026

How To Live On Earth is the new environmental documentary film we all need to watch original ↗

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 you original ↗

26 Jun 2026

How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids original ↗

25 Jun 2026

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’original ↗

25 Jun 2026

DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts original ↗

24 Jun 2026

There’s more to do to protect children from online dangers beyond the social media ban original ↗

24 Jun 2026