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No domestic abuse survivor should miss out on a safe home because an abusive partner left them with debt bigissue.com/news/housing/do…
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Over 1,000 refurbished phones from @giffgaff have gone to people shut out of work by digital exclusion. One went to Sam, who keeps @Dott’s Bristol bikes safe to ride with @BigIssueRecruit. “Without it, I’d be stranded.” -Ad bigissue.com/life/giffgaff-b…
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"I'm getting a rapport with the locals and there's a hell of a lot of tourists here as well.”
📍 Chris sells Big Issue outside Round Church, Cambridge
➡️ Read the full interview: bigissue.com/vendors/big-iss…
This week we speak to Mackesey about his work, its impact on people young and old, and the importance of kindness. Hitting the streets this morning
Young people urgently need a stake in the future. Does the autumn budget deliver it? bigissue.com/news/employment…
We're Not Buying It: Why thousands of people are threatening to boycott supermarkets for one day bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
The Big Issue Cymru retweeted
Everyone agrees we need more homes. So why aren’t they being built?
We spoke to @WatesGroup’s Pip Prongué about the barriers holding housing back – and why homes need to be planned like infrastructure, beyond political cycles.
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“If you keep carrying old bricks, you’ll keep building the same house.” Christian Watson’s cover art speaks to the content within this week’s issue as we put a special focus on housing in the UK, and how homes became political. Hitting the streets now
Majority of disabled people would like to exercise more but fear the DWP would cut their benefits bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
'I’m a councillor. Temporary accommodation costs are forcing me to bring in brutal cuts' bigissue.com/news/housing/le…
We spend all our resources propping up the poverty emergency. We should be focused on the cure bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
Hygiene poverty is the hidden cost-of-living trap. Why we must remove VAT on essentials to address it bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can't be happening' bigissue.com/culture/tv/lenn…
'There have been too many deaths at the hands of the welfare system. It's time to end the violence' bigissue.com/news/social-jus…
Prison break. New edition hitting the streets now
This week’s Big Issue is out today! Inside:
💡 Rethinking prisons
🐶 Could you choose between your dog and your home?
🎧 Superstar DJs Chase & Status play it back
Buy a copy from your local vendor – and read a sneak peak here. bigissue.com/behind-the-scen…
Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: 'I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared' bigissue.com/culture/lush-ma…
What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise bigissue.com/news/housing/wo…
The Big Issue Cymru retweeted
Campaign win 🚨
We have won our call to make it easier for councils to bring empty homes back into use.
After months of campaigning, the government has listened. Councils will now be able to take control of empty properties after only 6 months and rent them to people who need them.
With 309,000 long-term empty homes in the UK and record levels of people experiencing homelessness, this is an important first step. But there is still more to do to. We are continuing to call for a National Empty Homes strategy to bring these properties back into use as low-cost rental accommodation.
👉 Read more about this campaign: bigissue.com/news/housing/em…
