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Letters: Universal Credit leaves people living on the precipice of homelessness
universal credit
Letters

Letters: Universal Credit leaves people living on the precipice of homelessness

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
People sitting in a classroom listening to musicians
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

Letters: Big Issue vendor is a 'bright light in these dark days'
Vendor Rebeca Stan
Letters

Letters: Big Issue vendor is a 'bright light in these dark days'

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world
The future of travel

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Trains Up North
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
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Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

How sustainable travel is empowering women and changing lives in Morocco
Sponsored Article

How sustainable travel is empowering women and changing lives in Morocco

Are regional accents really disappearing?
Illustration of a boy with a speech bubble
Society

Are regional accents really disappearing?

How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: 'It's a good thing to go places'
Lonely planet founders
The Future of Travel

How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: 'It's a good thing to go places'

Time is up for Big Pharma's grip on global health
Packets of tablets
Nick Dearden

Time is up for Big Pharma's grip on global health

A fascinating history of Britain told through cake
a fairy cake with two union jack flags in it
Cake

A fascinating history of Britain told through cake

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis
Living wage

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Cost of living crisis

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline

Breaking Down Barriers: How Big Issue and Specsavers are Making Eye Care Accessible for Homeless Vendors
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Breaking Down Barriers: How Big Issue and Specsavers are Making Eye Care Accessible for Homeless Vendors

Change to 'alcohol-free' drinks 'could improve nation's health' – but it's 'not enough on its own'
Health

Change to 'alcohol-free' drinks 'could improve nation's health' – but it's 'not enough on its own'

GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds
homelessness
Homelessness

GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green
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Banking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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