Big Issue

Imagine a scenario where politicians co-created homelessness policy and legislation alongside people who are or have been homeless. It’s not as far-fetched as it seems and is beginning to spread around the UK thro...

Gambling, Martin Jones warns, is a little like “walking into quicksand.” By the time you realise you’ve got a problem, “it’s too late.”

Martin’s son Josh died by suicide in 2015, after a six-year struggle with gambling ...

Three leading lights from the arts and homelessness community share five things they wish they’d known before embarking on their creative careers

A freelance creative health practitioner...

One hundred and twelve years of governmental ignorance explain Starmer’s demise. Starting 112 years ago, the First World War began by sacrificing hundreds of thousands of men to a disastrous idea tha...

Two-thirds (67%) of UK adults think children growing up today will have worse economic opportunities than their parents.

That’s according to new YouGov polling exclusively for Big Issue, which brings home the challenges facing the next generation.

There’s also a widespread pessimism in the ability of the five largest UK political parties to reduce rising ...