Renters fear landlords will pass on biggest interest rates hike in 27 years - Big Issue
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 1.75 per cent and increased mortgage costs could be passed on to renters| Big Issue
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 1.75 per cent and increased mortgage costs could be passed on to renters| Big Issue
Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents| Big Issue
Many have struggled to get by on Universal Credit during the pandemic, or found themselves having to claim for the first time. We explain the controversial benefits system| Big Issue
If you've got a spare room, it could cut the benefits you get. Here's what you should know about the controversial bedroom tax.| Big Issue
Living with household overcrowding is bad for your health and quality of life. Your local council might be able to do something about it.| Big Issue
‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty| Big Issue
We have money and wealth in this country, we just don’t have a fair system to redistribute it, writes Labour MP Nadia Whittome.| Big Issue
The number of renters hit with a Section 21 'no-fault' eviction has risen during Labour's first year in office despite promises to end the practice.| Big Issue
I bought Brixton Academy for £1| Big Issue
Simon Parkes, who bought Brixton Academy for £1 in 1982, recalls how he turned a struggling venue into a world-class live gig space.| Big Issue
Here's everything you need to know about the benefits, pensions and cost of living payments to expect from the DWP in November 2024.| Big Issue
When you're looking to rent a new place, it's vital to understand the types of tenancy agreement. Here's what you should know.| Big Issue
If you're gearing up to make a big move, it can be difficult to know where to start. Use these tips on how to rent from a private landlord.| Big Issue
Housing costs increased for over 60% of private renters in the past year. Here’s what you need to know if your landlord increase your rent.| Big Issue
How can we expect homelessness services to respond when the data doesn’t even acknowledge that LGBTQ+ young people exist?| Big Issue
The LGBTQ+ community can no longer assume our rights are safe, and progress is inevitable, writes Stonewall CEO Simon Blake.| Big Issue
Amnesty is urging the DWP to stop its plans for benefit cuts – as the social security system is already 'violating human rights'.| Big Issue
MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on Tuesday (1 July).| Big Issue
East Marsh United have already offered up three homes for social rent and are now raising £500,000 for 10 more to boost the Grimsby suburb| Big Issue
Sadiq Khan's Council Homes Acquisition Programme will secure more social housing as thousands of Londoners live in temporary accommodation.| Big Issue
Faced with a 'false choice' between gentrification and ruin, a group of Hastings residents are fighting for an alternative| Big Issue
Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say| Big Issue
Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'| Big Issue
Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'| Big Issue
The Trussell Trust has found that universal credit claimants are battling to afford the essentials like food and heating.| Big Issue
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is deducting money from half of universal credit claimants to repay debts.| Big Issue
Former Conservative minister Suella Braverman called for an end to the two-child limit on benefits, but Labour are refusing to commit| Big Issue
Benefit payments are "too low" to cover daily living costs and the government must act to increase financial support, MPs have found.| Big Issue
A disability benefits claimant shares his story of struggling to survive after an injury left him unable to work and reliant on food banks.| Big Issue
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faced pleas from anti-poverty and housing campaigners to increase local housing allowance at the Autumn Statement.| Big Issue
Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI| Big Issue
The gig economy is touted by some as key to workers' freedom, but many of those workers say it's eroding their rights. This is what you need to know about the work model| Big Issue
AI could lead to millions of job losses – or a four-day work week and higher wages. It depends on what policies we pursue now, experts say.| Big Issue
The revolutionary 19th century Scottish social thinker, ecologist and town planner Patrick Geddes changed Edinburgh with his ideas.| Big Issue
Making and promoting The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a remarkable act of bravery from director Mohammad Rasoulof, his cast and crew.| Big Issue
As Ken Loach takes aim at the corrosive impact of the gig economy in new film Sorry We Missed You, he is still raging against a system that leaves so many left behind| Big Issue
Walter Salles looked close to home for I'm Still Here, holding a mirror to Brazilian history while offering warnings about today.| Big Issue
The closing down of youth clubs has only exacerbated the problems young people face, says a reader with experience in youth work.| Big Issue
Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK| Big Issue
Labour has announced a Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill, the next stage in making its disability benefit cuts law.| Big Issue
Scottish families cannot "wait any longer" for the UK government to scrap the two-child limit on benefits, the SNP has said.| Big Issue
Anti-poverty charities are calling for the government to introduce an essentials guarantee and prevent people needing to go to a food bank.| Big Issue
Amid the rise in Reform UK voters and Westminster's grasp on immigration policy, is Wales' ambition to be a nation of sanctuary realistic?| Big Issue
With trans rights under threat and public support waning, Munroe Bergdorf is hoping to change the narrative and make people feel less alone.| Big Issue
Rachel Reeves splashed about the billions as she announced her spending review. But there were big absences.| Big Issue
Michael's a big Chelsea fan, but has found their form this season a little strange| Big Issue
Justin has two helpers on his pitch – his dogs, Marley and Ginger – who love all the attention they get from his customers| Big Issue
Josh has been at the same pitch for years and has made many friends in the community. They all look out for each other| Big Issue
John overcame childhood trauma and an eating disorder. Now life is much happier and more settled| Big Issue
Big Issue Recruit is a specialist recruitment service, that works with employers to support people facing barriers to work into jobs.| Big Issue
Discover the impact of the Big Issue Group and how we’re making extraordinary progress against our impact goals, and our vision of a world that works for everyone.| Big Issue
We've identified five key areas essential to dismantling poverty – financial and digital inclusion being one of the most recent and vital.| Big Issue
The work and perspective of a Vendor Support Worker, discussing the health and wellbeing approach and services for Big Issue vendors| Big Issue
Food banks are already overwhelmed by demand for help. Disability benefit cuts will make it worse, the government has been warned.| Big Issue
When Alex Scott first met her football idol Ian Wright she was so shy she could barely speak. Now they’re regularly on the telly together.| Big Issue
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’| Big Issue
TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: 'Kids should not be going without food in this country'| Big Issue
Our approach to mental health isn’t working – here’s what needs to change| Big Issue
Our mental health facilities are often discriminatory and resistant to change, while staff are overburdened to the point of burnout.| Big Issue
The DWP's consultation into plans to slash billions from disability benefits has been ruled unlawful in a damning High Court judgement.| Big Issue
Charities have said they are "devastated" about Rachel Reeves' confirmation that Labour will tighten the work capability assessment.| Big Issue
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of cutting billions of pounds from the benefits bill.| Big Issue
‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds| Big Issue
Abandoned space is everywhere in cities - but with the nature crisis more evident than ever, guerrilla gardening is giving unloved patches new life| Big Issue
John Rose, environment lead at The National Lottery Community Fund, writes about why immersing in nature is good for children's mental health.| Big Issue
The UK's number one street paper and social enterprise, giving people who are experiencing homelessness or who are vulnerably housed a hand up, not a hand out.| Big Issue
More people will "go hungry, cold and lose their homes" if the DWP does not extend the household support fund in March 2024.| Big Issue
The number of renters made homeless to no-fault evictions rose by 50% last year as the Tories have put Renters Reform Bill on 'life support'.| Big Issue
Homeless women tend to be hidden from view and face different challenges to men in the same position. The Big Issue explains| Big Issue
The causes of homelessness are different for everyone, and understanding them is the first step in fighting it.| Big Issue
The Big Issue asks lawyers whether Rishi Sunak's proposed 'British Homes for British workers' social housing plan is lawful.| Big Issue
In Hackney and Bristol total council tax debts trebled, while more than doubling in 25 other areas.| Big Issue
With homelessness still a big issue in Britain, here's exactly how you can help when you see someone rough sleeping or otherwise in need.| Big Issue
Experts say some of Keir Starmer's immigration plans are unclear. This is what the likely next government is saying in the Labour manifesto.| Big Issue
The big charities working with people experiencing homelessness and campaigning to end homelessness across the UK.| Big Issue
Overall inflation may be slowing, but food inflation remains high. It's time to ask whether you’re being paid your worth| Big Issue
The increase in mortgage rates have left many of us worried about making ends meet, here are the main things you should know| Big Issue
Evicted at the end of your tenancy? You're not alone. It's among the top causes of homelessness in the UK in 2020.| Big Issue
With surging property prices and rents, housing benefit is vital to keep people in their homes. Here’s everything you need to know about it.| Big Issue
Whether you rent or own a home, you might pay extra for upkeep of the building. From lights to lifts, service charges on property cover it.| Big Issue
Campaigners and local councils are calling for government action on rising numbers of long-term empty homes across the UK| Big Issue
The Big Issue has joined calls for the next government to introduce an essentials guarantee for universal credit claimants.| Big Issue
Energy bills are expensive in the cost of living crisis, so here's where to get help from the government, energy suppliers and more| Big Issue
As Paris prepares for the Olympics, migrants and homeless people are being forced from the city. But some groups are fighting back.| Big Issue
On Falling follows Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, who works in a fulfilment centre that is anything but fulfilling.| Big Issue
The DWP has announced more of its plans to increase employment support for disabled people – but it comes after reports of benefit cuts.| Big Issue
Ending rough sleeping by next year is a 2019 Conservative manifesto promise. We asked homelessness experts what went wrong.| Big Issue
Both Eastbourne and Medway Councils have asked the government for financial support to avoid bankruptcy due to the cost of homelessness.| Big Issue
Women asylum seekers in hotel accommodation are dealing with sexual abuse and harassment in a place where they should be finding sanctuary.| Big Issue
Experts worry about a looming crisis of homelessness. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know.| Big Issue
Second homes have become a contentious issue as a lack of affordable housing means the UK's housing crisis shows no sign of ending| Big Issue
The impact of Covid has led to a surge in people facing eviction. Here’s what to do if you receive an eviction notice| Big Issue
There are hundreds of holiday lets for every home to rent in seaside resorts, analysis by The Big Issue has revealed.| Big Issue
The cost of simply remaining in our homes is soaring. This is why Big Issue is launching the End Housing Insecurity Now Campaign.| Big Issue
The housing crisis means a shortage of affordable homes and surging prices are keeping people off the property ladder.| Big Issue
The Bank of England has announced a 13th consecutive interest rate rise and that’s bad news for people with mortgages| Big Issue
Did you know a landlord can evict a tenant without giving a reason? Here’s everything you need to know about a Section 21 notice| Big Issue
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has been urged to set a public social housing target after unveiling her 'radical' plan to build homes.| Big Issue
