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Pensioner couple receives four no-fault eviction notices in single year: ‘They’re inhumane’

Shelter has warned renters over the age of 55 face a no-fault eviction every 16 minutes. Pensioner couple Alan and Lee Harries told The Big Issue the insecurity of renting has affected their health and seen them move home several times

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Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Libraries change lives, as Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho knows. So, he got on his bamboo bike to join one in every local authority in the UK. Here’s why

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How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people

A new project helps young people in the criminal justice system change their lives by teaching them barbering skills

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Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything

Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn is a ‘big miscalculation’ that will ultimately backfire. Here’s how

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Rishi Sunak says he’s thinking long term. But he’s clearly eyeing an early election

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Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

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Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing

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Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’

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Here's when people will get the second cost of living payment in 2023

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Job interview but low on cash? Here's where to get a free smart outfit for a great first impression

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Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire

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Prince William, Gazza and me: A vendor's chance encounter with footballing – and actual – royalty

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How Prince William ended up buying lunch for Big Issue vendor Karl Burns: 'He was a lovely bloke'

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'The art of resistance': Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition

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'Music is very close to my soul': Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album

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Rishi Sunak says he’s thinking long term. But he’s clearly eyeing an early election

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I never used to believe in ghosts. Until I visited a haunted house

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Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead

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Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing

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Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Libraries change lives, as Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho knows. So, he got on his bamboo bike to join one in every local authority in the UK. Here’s why

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Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Poetry was an escape growing up, and he couldn’t wait to leave home, so why did he end up writing so much about his family?

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Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Jordan Harper's latest novel follows a Hollywood publicist as she starts to unravel a conspiracy among the glitz and glitter

Letter To My Younger Self

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Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

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Letter to my Younger Self

Music icon Eddy Grant opens up on disappointing his dad, heart issues and Little Richard

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Letter to My Younger Self

Social Bite's Josh Littlejohn explains how his Edinburgh cafe 'made friends' with George Clooney

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Letter to my Younger Self

Beverley Knight: 'My young black skin was politicised the day I was born'

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Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

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Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

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Here's when people will get the second cost of living payment in 2023

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Specsavers partners with Big Issue to provide free eye care for vendors

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Andrew Ridgeley 'was never envious' of Wham! friend George Michael's success

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To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green

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Citroën in the city: can an EV work for a family in a terraced house?

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Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of 'Victorian' diseases

Inside The Big Issue

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Big Issue Invest

Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme

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Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

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Remembering Steve Canham: a true friend to The Big Issue

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Fairbnb.coop partners with Big Issue to combat UK poverty

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