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Big Issue is 35. Our mission to terminate homelessness continues
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (491+ words) Andy Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping. I'll be back to monitor how he gets on – as Big Issue has held power to account for 35 years Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Image: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy This week’s…...
Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (269+ words) Big Issue has just turned 35. In our extra special birthday edition, we ask: can the homeless finally go home? Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up. Big Issue first started offering a hand up to those who needed…...
I've seen the future. A basic income leads people out of 'labourism"
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1093+ words) Some of Britain’s brightest stars will take part in an evening of spoken word, movement and song at the Soutbank Centre's Letters to the Future show Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun has penned a Letter to the Future as part…...
John Bird's message to Andy Burnham: You must fix rough sleeping
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (500+ words) In my pork pie hat and shades I drew comments about my appearance – something Andy Burnham is also familiar with Looking like "the lead singer in a ska revival band", John Bird delivers his thoughts on Andy Burnham's pledge in…...
'Andy Burnham must not repeat past mistakes on homelessness"
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (474+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. A Big Issue reader remembers the causes of homelessness taking hold in the UK Andy Burnham prepares for his first PMQs. Image:…...
Will cutting housing benefit to pay for defence spending work?
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (942+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Kemi Badenoch has announced plans to raise £10bn a year in defence spending paid for welfare cuts. Experts warn it will mean a…...
Big Issue vendor Robin Price: 'Without this job, I'd be dead"
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (225+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Robin gets on so well with his customers that he even offers a home delivery service to some of them I’ve been…...
A future without worry, for generations to come
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (912+ words) When crisis hit Gary’s family, Turn2us was there to help them find their feet. The charity is working to ensure nobody is held back by financial insecurity – supporting people through hardship today while working towards a fairer, more secure future for…...
Inside the Big Issue: The art of protest
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (350+ words) Creative studio Grow Up is helping us celebrate our 35th birthday with a major new exhibition exploring the big issues facing modern society. The project will see artworks postered around London, before being showcased in an exhibition at Laundry Studios in…...
Should food banks exist? We want a Food Bank Free Britain
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (622+ words) 'If we need to wait until not a single person is at risk of hunger before we start to close food banks, we’re going to be waiting a long time' The Alliance for Dignified Food Support is campaigning for a…...