The world's leading street magazine. The Big Issue is bought by our street vendors for half the cover price and sold on the street for full cover price. The difference is the money they make to earn living. Since its inception in 1991, over 205million copies have been sold in Britain. It spawned over 130 other similar titles across the globe. It is a leading title in Britain, and one of the nation's best-selling news and cultural weeklies.