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Michael Hall sells Big Issue at Temple Meads station in Bristol. His sentiment about passers-by passing by is one shared by many of our sellers. Last week we reported that over half (54%) of the appro

I’m selling Big Issue basically to make sure I feed myself. I get help from the government as well which I try to send to my wife. So Big Issue keeps me going and keeps me alive. I came back from Aust

The Big Issue, 2nd floor, 43 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 1HW letters@bigissue.com@bigissueuk @bigissue.com@bigissue /bigissueUK thebigissue ↑ I completed LeJog (Lands End to John O’ Groats) for charity la

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee

I’ve been in the UK for almost two years now. I left in 1988 and started a family in France. I worked internationally in many, many different places. I was in the oil industry so I had a good job, sta

Social enterprises are driving community-focused, sustainable solutions to tackle rising living costs, poverty and inequality. At the heart of the UK movement, Big Issue Invest powers change through i