Anwar is a frontline aid worker in Gaza, providing support through DEC charity Concern Worldwide. He reveals the challenges ...

A new trial has handed people experiencing homelessness £2,000 to spend on whatever they want – and what happened next may surprise you. The Centre for Homelessness Impact (CFIH) trial transferred the ...

There are more than 300,000 empty homes in England. Lord John Bird wants the government to create an empty homes strategy to ...

Do you remember the first time you logged onto social media? If you’re under 30, chances are you were a teenager – or younger. Adele Walton was ten when she created her Facebook account. Posting ...

A government review found the Help to Buy scheme provided 'significant value for money'. IPPR's Maya Singer Hobbes warns ...

Producing an independent film is, by any definition, not an easy endeavour. I feel qualified to say that as I have more than 30 films under my belt as a producer. When writer / director Kirk Jones ...

Your mileage may vary on whether Channel 4’s Handcuffed is a game show or social experiment, but the world-altering moment that saw a millionaire confronted with homelessness was a tear-jerker. The ...

As Big Issue's first issue went to press, Bryan Adams was at No 1 with (Everything I Do) I Do It for You. Now he's a Big ...

Andy Burnham talks exclusively to Big Issue to explain his ambitious plan to end rough sleeping by Christmas and beyond.

The Labour government has made no suggestion that it plans to cut PIP, but there are still no guarantees. As it faces calls ...

As new forecasts warn of a 25% rise in energy bills from January, charities are calling on the government to intervene.

Bailiffs soon face mandatory regulation under the Enforcement Conduct Board. It's an important step to protect people when ...