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.

Puppy love

THE DISPATCH

How communities are tackling money worries together

YOUR LETTERS

EDITOR’S LETTER

The Big Issue

Mind the trust gap

BIRD’S WORDS • Saving the planet and tackling poverty go hand in hand

Victoria Pendleton • She found cycling success in the golden age of Team GB. But even after she’d hung up the Lycra, she still found herself in the saddle

OUR DAY IN WESTMINSTER TUESDAY 19 MAY • Keir Starmer starts by thanking us. ‘It’s a tribute to you, Big Issue, for what you’ve done to make this happen.’

Big Issue vendors took their pups to parliament to campaign for an end to no-pet policies for people experiencing homelessness

‘I’m here to launch my leadership bid’ • Angela Rayner, Colin Murray, The Zutons and more join us for our 35th anniversary celebrations. And – frustratingly – we’re needed now more than ever

On the front lines of the homeless health crisis • Homelessness cuts lives short by decades, yet efforts to treat it as a health problem often rely on lone mavericks and short-term cash. As the government plans to shake up the NHS, is now the time for change?

Bridge House • By GG The Illustrator

‘Travelling is a learning exercise’

Beauty amid brutality

‘It’s important to be vigilant. And we have dropped the ball’ • Russell T Davies and actors Alan Cumming and David Morrissey on Tip Toe – the furious new drama on Channel 4

History tells us why homophobia is rising. Here’s how we tackle it

‘Don’t watch it if you’re sick’

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Now they’re doing horse

BIG Kids • ISSUES / IDEAS / IMAGINATION

Puzzles

MY PITCH DAVE MARTIN, 63 • TO BE RETURNING TO HIS PITCH OUTSIDE TESCO IN BROOK GREEN, HAMMERSMITH, SOON