The Big Issue Magazine
8 July 2024
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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‘you can’t criminalise your way out of homelessness’: un warns of politicians demonising rough sleepers and rise of far-right populism
Now the election is over, our pm must make sure a trip to the food bank isn’t the new normal
Ppe from one covid contract worth £1.4bn has just been incinerated. here’s how the new government could have put that cash to good use
The years-long pay dispute that’s become a fight for the futures of working-class students
Editor’s letter
New government, new opportunity for a social security rethink
Get in touch
Fix housing to fix britain kwajo tweneboa and his manifesto for change
Politicians promised to build at least 1.5 million homes – but figures show they have an uphill task
Behind every statistic is a story waiting to be told
Sandwiches
Malorie blackman