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The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focus

Specsavers and Big Issue have created 3,000 giant editions of the magazine to highlight the obstacles preventing people ...
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Count Binface: 'Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior'

In June, Nigel Farage resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election he cast as a “people versus the establishment” contest. The move came as the Reform UK leader faced an investigation by ...
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'I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It's no life'

Pensioner Yvonne Bailey is one of many British seniors living in severe financial hardship. She tells Big Issue: "It's no ...
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The growing movement preventing homeless people from having to choose between their pet and a home

Though progress has been made, access to pet-friendly accommodation remains a postcode lottery for animal lovers and dog ...
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A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Google is planning an enormous new data centre, concreting over an important natural habitat and the destruction of a ...
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Inside the innovative employment pilot bringing jobs to overlooked young people's doorsteps

JobsPlus is tackling youth unemployment by reaching NEETs in social housing, supporting them in the local community and ...
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Sir Chris Hoy: 'If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug'

Sir Chris Hoy on the inspiration of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, his battle with prostate cancer and the power of ...
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‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’

It's four years since Russia invaded Ukraine but efforts to address homelessness bring hope, writes Depaul's Mark McGreevy.
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Burnham says carers should be 'the best paid people in society'. Here's how much they actually earn

Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised fair pay for care workers and a National Care Service. New figures reveal how much ...
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'I'm a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted'

Kat Blackwood is one of the lucky ones. She succeeded in her fight to get disability benefits. Despite suffering with a condition called functional neurological disorder (FND), PTSD, severe anxiety ...
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YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: 'If we don’t tax wealth we'll return to the feudal age'

We could be on the cusp of great change. No, not that one. Much too obvious. When Gary Stevenson, creator of the popular Gary’s Economics YouTube channel, drops into the Big Issue office in London, ...
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Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?

Some parents on benefits could receive up to £4,500 a year if their child takes up an apprenticeship, the government has announced. The bursary will end a quirk in the system that sees these families ...