The Big Issue Magazine
21 October 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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Real change or austerity 2.0? here’s how labour can deliver a transformative budget that works for everyone
The uk needed bronski beat in 1984. forty years later, their pop music and politics remind us to be strong
Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level on record
Bold action is vital for the nation’s health
Poverty is the uk’s biggest growth industry, and people are the collateral damage
Letters
Across the uk, a deadly new drug has been linked to 284 fatalities. in birmingham alone, it killed 21 people last summer. yet few outside the city noticed. big issue investigates a shocking and hidden tragedy
‘if you can get people to laugh you can get people to care’
Turning tourists away is not the solution
Postcards from the frontline of overtourism
Can cruising turn the sustainability tide?
Is the party holiday officially over?
