The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

Breaking point

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • We should all make the most of our time

The Cold War hasn’t ended. It may have only just begun

BIRD’S WORDS • Heading north for a different view

LETTERS

‘I TRIED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO CREATE MY OWN LIMITS’ • Eric Cantona has changed lives with goals, acting roles and activism. And now music. His new album is like everything else he does. It is Cantona.

Baby banks are the last line of defence for new parents in the cost of living crisis

RICK EDWARDS • He was aimless yet competitive and loved being in the spotlight. There was only ever one way his career was going to go

UNTITLED ARTWORK By Robyn Forman

Books

These routes were made for walking

Film

Ava DuVernay ORIGIN STORY

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Waitrose, High Street, Nailsea Mon-Sat 9am-3pm

Running down the UK’s services was a political choice. But our leaders don’t seem to grasp basic cause and effect

One man let 12 strangers spend his inheritance. Governments should follow suit

What the spring budget means for you and your bank account • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his spring budget earlier this month, revealing a range of tax cuts and new measures to tweak the economy. There’s lots of focus around what it might mean for the election. But what does it mean for you, and your ability to get by from day to day? We’ve broken it down for you – from national insurance cuts to a ‘stealth tax’ making you poorer

Struggling to pay bills and make money stretch further? There is help out there • Prices are still rising in spite of inflation easing – with food and energy prices extortionate. If you are worried about paying for food, electricity and other household costs in a cost of living crisis, you are far from alone. We have rounded up some of the options available

Loud budgeting, the TikTok trend that helps us to talk about money

There’s no shame in being skint. And talking about it will free you

I’m 67 and working as a cabbie. Rent and the cost of living means I’ll never be able to afford to retire

Invest according to your values

How a grassroots women’s network is fighting climate change, one investment at a time

Social impact investing could solve the temporary accommodation crisis • Homelessness is driving councils to the brink of financial ruin but the fix may well have existed for a decade. Now, investors are urging the government to pour more cash into social impact investing