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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 – ...

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

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Nominations are now open for you to celebrate the people and organisations making a positive difference to communities across ...