The Big Issue Magazine
6 January 2025
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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Labour finally answers big issue’s call for a focus on homelessness prevention with a billion-pound investment
How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are hungry?
Government reforms mean landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. what will happen to renters’ homes if they do?
Human destiny is never set in stone
Millions of british adults lack basic literacy and are excluded from modern life. this affects us all
How i found my voice
Letters
‘when people need a loan to feed their baby, then the world has got a lot of problems’
Financial inclusion? don’t bank on it
Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme that slashes food bank usage
‘i am not an alpha male’
Streetwise opera: the sound of salvation
