Poverty

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Peeblesshire Foodbank in the Trussell network.
Food banks

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?

A new £1 billion fund will be distributed to councils from April. The government hopes it will help end the need for food banks
Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes
winston churchill
John Bird

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it
John Bird

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?
BNPL

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don't always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don't always know what to say

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
pneumonia

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

Unemployment is on the rise in London. Should the rest of the UK be worried?
Ben Harrison

Unemployment is on the rise in London. Should the rest of the UK be worried?

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn
A child wearing a teddy bear backpack
Child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy
John Bird

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'
Johannes Radebe at Mamburu community, Limpopo province, South Africa. Image: WaterAid/ Lee-Ann Olwage
Interview

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
person using credit card
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
Joanna Elson

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty

The curse of Oxford on our political life
John Bird

The curse of Oxford on our political life

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
A person buying products at a social supermarket at the Spring Community Hub.
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
Image of Sarah
Cost of living

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn
Pat McFadden, work and pensions secretary. Image: House of Commons/ Flickr
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'
Lord John Bird reads his Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill in the House of Lords.
Child poverty

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
A house in the snow
Simon Francis

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter