The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of Britain’s leading news and cultural magazines. Every week’s edition is packed full of original takes on the biggest issues of the day as well as interviews with the most significant figures in politics and entertainment. The Big Issue was founded 1991 to give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to earn their own income. We continue to support hundreds of vendors across the UK and all proceeds from sales go to help anyone wanting to lift themselves out of poverty.

THE DISPATCH

The Big Issue

YOUR LETTERS

Big Issue: talk of the town

Racily reinventing Austen can help revitalise Big Issue

Jacinda Ardern • Early religion gave the former NZ leader her sense of service, but it was imposter syndrome that made her better at her job

HOW WE TURN TODAY’S HOUSING CRISIS INTO TOMORROW’S HOMES • ANALYSIS We need a strategy that values the homes we have as much as the ones we build

‘My son has passed away now but this has left me a legacy I can remember’ • For Faisal Abdullah, the support of the public is what has kept him going in the aftermath of his son Awaab Ishak’s death. Now, a new law in Awaab’s name promises to fix social homes

It’s about what kind of country we want to be

‘I have been put in a limbo situation. At night I cannot sleep’ • With housing activist and Big Issue Ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa, we visited a family who have faced a mould issue for 10 years in their leasehold home to try to find a solution

I’ve worked in social housing repairs for more than a decade. The new law must bring real change

Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes for Big Issue

A typical 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached home has been transformed into a smart, energy-efficient masterclass to show the ‘art of the possible’

Kevin McCloud has a grand design for us all to live better

How Big Issue’s investigation into yo-yo homes led to calls for action

Stories at the Seams

Cold comfort

Walking from war to war • By ANTHONY SELDON

Bird of prey

What it’s like to sing Agadoo for 40 years

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

The quiet revolution

Puzzles

MY PITCH MIKE TURNER, 75 • KINGS CHASE, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL MOST DAYS, 2PM-4PM