The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of Britain’s leading news and cultural magazines. Every week’s edition is packed full of original takes on the biggest issues of the day as well as interviews with the most significant figures in politics and entertainment. The Big Issue was founded 1991 to give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to earn their own income. We continue to support hundreds of vendors across the UK and all proceeds from sales go to help anyone wanting to lift themselves out of poverty.

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CREDIT COSTS MOST WHEN IT IS MOST NEEDED. THAT HAS TO CHANGE

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The Big Issue

How the UK’s housing crisis turned into a political football

The government promised a housebuilding boom. What’s the hold-up? • Campaign to Protect Rural England research suggests building on disused sites could address the housing crisis while protecting the countryside. But turning available land into homes is far from straightforward

The road to 1.5 million homes • There have already been a few bumps but can Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham deliver the promised building boost?

When are you coming home, Cathy?

Turning council-owned garage sites into affordable houses • Thousands of disused garage sites in the UK could be turned into homes. Big Issue is helping to make that happen

SOMETIMES THE GRASS IS GREENER

WHERE YOU WATER IT

‘I realised that gratitude could keep me going in a hard moment’

What happens when you can’t afford to die?

The last word

Ingrid Newkirk • A tiny rescued pig was the catalyst for the PETA co-founder to stop eating meat. Before long, she was disrupting the fashion industry and making friends with a Beatle

Memory Quilt: The Songs We Kept

Teenage rampage

RECOMMENDED READS

‘Scousers have an identity and a code. We stick together’ • James Nelson-Joyce returns in hit BBC One series This City Is Ours. He praises the inspirational Stephen Graham and talks about being in the running for Bond

Could Nazi propaganda ever work on us?

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

One more for the rebellious jukebox

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