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Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action
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Housing

Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action

The prime minister in waiting is being urged to reverse the Right to Buy scheme and provide shelter for those who are at risk of sleeping rough
Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves
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Investigation

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’
Dr Louisa Munch

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

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

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

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg
Music

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor
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poverty premium

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

PIP assessment process is 'dehumanising' and 'degrading', government's Timms Review finds
stephen timms
Disability benefits

PIP assessment process is 'dehumanising' and 'degrading', government's Timms Review finds

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer meet school children in Manchester
Housing

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

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff stands with a magazine on Union Street in Bath.
News

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’
a housing estate in Luton pictured from the air
Housing

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

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

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

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

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

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon
America at 250

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen
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Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Scarlett Chapman
Changemakers 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
The Big Issue Changemakers 2026 event
Changemakers

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives

Experts issue energy bill 'red warning' as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
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Fuel Poverty

Experts issue energy bill 'red warning' as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
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Cost of living

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

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

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

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham delivering a speech in Manchester
Housing

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

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Housing

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

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support
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Baby banks

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground
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How Wates and Big Issue found common ground