Charles Booth's 1889 maps shows poverty and homelessness in London. A century later, we have more information ever.

Joanne Robinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 50. When she applied for a Blue Badge, she was told she seemed “too young” ...

Liz Carr was born in Bebington, Merseyside, in April 1972. She was disabled from age seven, owing to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, and has used a wheelchair since she was 14. She studied law at ...

Big Issue has always called for prevention in the fight against poverty. Is this government the one to finally sit up and ...

Since leaving prison, Frankie has turned her life around, becoming a yoga instructor, photographer and joining the Big Issue ...

Mat Fraser writes exclusively for the Big Issue about Channel 4 documentary The Experiment which discovers if the British ...

Hygiene poverty can be fixed by removing VAT on essentials and axing shelf life regulations. It could help millions with the ...

Councils will be able to take control of homes left empty for six months, rather than two years, thanks to Big Issue ...

Pearl Mackie stars as Baby in a hard-hitting one-woman play about prison, the criminal justice system and the women who find ...

Five years ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic put the UK into lockdown, rough sleeping ended. Or at least that’s the myth. The Everyone In scheme in England – and similar efforts in Scotland and Wales – ...

Big Issue spent a morning shadowing the women's rough sleeping census, a groundbreaking project which proves that thousands ...

PIP is a vital benefit for disabled people," a report has found – but the money needs to be targeted more effectively, it ...