I must admit, these days I tend to size up the new year with some trepidation; nothing feels comfortably predictable, even the seasons don’t really land when they’re supposed to any more. My best ...

Sir Chris Hoy on the inspiration of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, his battle with prostate cancer and the power of ...

It's four years since Russia invaded Ukraine but efforts to address homelessness bring hope, writes Depaul's Mark McGreevy.

Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised fair pay for care workers and a National Care Service. New figures reveal how much ...

JobsPlus is tackling youth unemployment by reaching NEETs in social housing, supporting them in the local community and ...

When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street and made ending rough sleeping his first pledge as prime minister, he ...

When Darren, not his real name, was brought off the street last year to escape freezing temperatures while homeless in Hackney, north-east London, he spent the night trying to sleep on six plastic ...

Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of the Big Issue, has made its first deployment from its latest fund, Social Impact Debt Fund IV, providing a £3.2 million loan to a specialist education ...

Campaigner Kerri Douglas has been credited with helping to end the Vagrancy Act after she was arrested while rough sleeping.

As Andy Burnham moves into 10 Downing Street, here are the issues Big Issue says he should prioritise to tackle poverty.

Moby was born Richard Melville Hall in September 1965 in New York City in September 1961. He played in a string of punk bands before turning to electronic music in the late ’80s. His breakthrough came ...

Sadiq Khan was born in October 1970 in London. He earned a law degree from the University of North London and went on to specialise as a human rights solicitor. He represented Tooting as a councillor ...