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The Big Issue Magazine
10 February 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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Climate activism the future looks grim under climate change. so why is nobody talking about just stop oil any more?
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Anyone could be a few missed pay cheques away from homelessness
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Editor’s letter
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Get in touch
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Septuagenarians building sandcastles
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How to make work work
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Can skills england retrain the nation?
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Home office processing delays leave migrant workers stranded – and key vacancies unfilled
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The big impact of big issue on jobs
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‘it’s like you’re being pushed into the deep end and expected to swim’
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Fred sirieix
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Winter of discontent