New prime minister Andy Burnham should prioritise tackling homelessness and the NEETs crisis in his first 100 days.

Many of us put off eye and hearing tests until symptoms are acute, by which time it can be too late. Marc Burrows explains ...

It’s all change at Number 10 as Andy Burnham steps up to the top job. Only two years ago, Big Issue published our Blueprint for Change for the incoming prime minister at the time, Keir Starmer. We’ve ...

Invisible Cities is celebrating 10 years of helping homeless people give tours of cities around the world. Nic shows people ...

Britain is ill-equipped, both structurally and culturally, to deal with extreme heat. And it's the most vulnerable who will ...

Angela Rayner sat down with Big Issue founder John Bird to discuss poverty, housing and how Labour plan on regaining voters' ...

Awaab’s Law will force social housing landlords to deal with hazards such as fires, structural collapse and excess cold and heat at a faster rate from November, the government has announced. The new ...

Popular Swansea seller Liam Harmer tragically died in a flat fire on 14 July. He will be remembered at Big Issue for being ...

As Andy Burnham secures his bid to become the next prime minister, campaigners are calling on him to introduce rent controls. But is he likely to do so? Private renters on a median income spend £39.30 ...

It will take big innovative ideas to tackle the climate crisis and transform Britain to deal with rising heat – many of them could be cooked up in a landmark London building left empty for 37 years.

Vinnie was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was four years old. His mother Sarah Kent took a year off work to look after him and, after he was through with the most intensive therapies, she tried to ...

Ruth Talbot, the founder of Single Parent Rights, writes about her experience of struggling to find housing as a single ...