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A free book for every reader! Get your free Quick Reads short story collection here bigissue.com/competitions/fr…
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When the Vagrancy Act is finally gone, its replacement must be driven by compassion bigissue.com/opinion/vagranc…
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One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us' bigissue.com/news/housing/di…
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Friend of Big Issue 10Foot is back – with exclusive cover art to mark the Museum of Homelessness’s latest exhibition. Hitting the streets now
This week’s Big Issue is out today! Inside:
🏠 The Museum of Homelessness and 400 years of resistance
🌳 10Foot's first sculpture
👑 Inside the peasant uprising
Buy a copy from your local vendor - and read a sneak peek here 👀bigissue.com/behind-the-scen…
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Terry Butcher: 'I feel sorry for homeless veterans' bigissue.com/culture/terry-b…
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Roddy Doyle: 'We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops' bigissue.com/culture/books/r…
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The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: 'We'd love to have Wales behind us' bigissue.com/opinion/wales-m…
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Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn bigissue.com/news/housing/re…
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Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep' bigissue.com/news/housing/wo…
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Two home nations.
Two covers.
We’ve gone beyond the pitch to explore how football remains an unstoppable force for good
🌍Walking through host cities tackling the big issues
⚽Meeting players from the Street Child World Cup
🇲🇽Cheering on the Welsh team that did make it to Mexico
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How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis bigissue.com/news/housing/wo…
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We’re not standing still.
Since 1991, we’ve adapted as society changes.
And we’ll keep going.
As a new generation faces rising poverty, we’re investing in their future.
Because everyone deserves an opportunity.
🎂 Big Issue, 35 years young.
Follow along. Be part of what's next.
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Michael Palin: 'There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going' bigissue.com/culture/michael…
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What's going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here's how to have your say bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
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Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament bigissue.com/behind-the-scen…
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Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street bigissue.com/news/housing/ro…
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Hamish Scott sells Big Issue in Abergavenny
“In London, a lot of people become homeless, and some of them are like me and have had good jobs. It’s a tough place. I was shocked by how quickly it happened."
📍 Hamish Scott sells Big Issue in Abergavenny
"The Big Issue money helped a lot, I got a flat and stuff."
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Gig work can help you earn a little of extra cash but it can be tricky to manage an irregular income. Here's how to manage your budget #bigissuetalksmoney bigissue.com/life/money/maki…
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