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PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away
PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away
‘I want to be a positive story of what PIP can do,’ dad-of-four Mike tells Big Issue
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’
Rachel Reeves to announce ‘game-changing’ spending on social housing
Rachel Reeves to announce ‘game-changing’ spending on social housing
Top Stories
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’
Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’
Cost of living crisis
Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’
Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’
Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’
DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Housing
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’
Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: ‘People don’t know their rights’
Rachel Reeves to announce ‘game-changing’ spending on social housing
Rachel Reeves to announce ‘game-changing’ spending on social housing
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
Rough sleeping to finally be decriminalised with scrapping of ‘cruel’ 200-year law
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
Our vendors
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Employment
‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: ‘I want to work my way up’
This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: ‘I want to work my way up’
Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’
Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’
Social justice
PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away
PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour’s benefit cuts will take it all away
Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’
Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’
Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’
Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’
‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Activism
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves
‘Neighbours are more trusted than government’: When crisis hits, communities are saving themselves
Environment
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
