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Big Issue is 35. Our mission to terminate homelessness continues
13+ hour, 21+ min ago (491+ words) Andy Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping. I'll be back to monitor how he gets on – as Big Issue has held power to account for 35 years Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Image: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy This week’s…...
Andy Burnham: Rough sleeping plan 'not a one-off for Christmas"
19+ hour, 23+ min ago (1289+ words) The prime minister talks exclusively to Big Issue about his ambitious plan to end rough sleeping by Christmas and beyond Prime minister Andy Burnham. Image: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street Andy Burnham has stated that is bid to get rough…...
I've seen the future. A basic income leads people out of 'labourism"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1093+ words) Some of Britain’s brightest stars will take part in an evening of spoken word, movement and song at the Soutbank Centre's Letters to the Future show Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun has penned a Letter to the Future as part…...
John Bird's message to Andy Burnham: You must fix rough sleeping
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (500+ words) In my pork pie hat and shades I drew comments about my appearance – something Andy Burnham is also familiar with Looking like "the lead singer in a ska revival band", John Bird delivers his thoughts on Andy Burnham's pledge in…...
'Andy Burnham must not repeat past mistakes on homelessness"
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (474+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. A Big Issue reader remembers the causes of homelessness taking hold in the UK Andy Burnham prepares for his first PMQs. Image:…...
Will cutting housing benefit to pay for defence spending work?
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (942+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Kemi Badenoch has announced plans to raise £10bn a year in defence spending paid for welfare cuts. Experts warn it will mean a…...
Four things we learned from Andy Burnham’s council housing plans
1+ week, 5+ day ago (671+ words) The £39bn social and affordable homes programme was announced last year under Keir Starmer. New prime minister Andy Burnham has announced how £10bn of it will be allocated Prime minister Andy Burnham and housing secretary Angela Rayner visit homelessness charity Changing Lives…...
Darren McGarvey: 'I'd prank Tommy Robinson if I was prime minister"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (467+ words) We put the Glaswegian author, activist, rapper and social commentator in the Downing Street hot seat for an afternoon Darren McGarvey. Image: Jack Cocker Darren ‘Loki’ McGarvey is a rapper, author and social commentator but what what would happen if…...
Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham rough sleeping pledge
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1115+ words) The new prime minister promised that every rough sleeper in England would be offered a route off the streets by Christmas. Will he succeed? Here’s what Big Issue vendors think Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from…...
Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (250+ words) Can Andy Burnham deliver his ‘moral mission’ to end rough sleeping in time for Christmas? The countdown has begun Inside the Big Issue: The moral mission to end rough sleeping. Andy Burnham has pledged to give every person sleeping rough…...