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
The end of McDiplomacy
Gove promises new deal for renters, but he’s less committed to building the new homes that are needed
THE TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM LAST WEEK
Do you know how much sewage water companies are pumping into rivers? No, neither do they. And they don’t have to tell you
Anxiety over immigration has declined post-Brexit, even as more people enter the UK
One year ago a community came together to stop two men from being deported. Now they come together in celebration
Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
COUNTING THE COST OF COVID FRAUD
The UK’s rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
Gig economy workers in Ukraine are now cycling through war-torn Kharkiv to deliver meals to homeless people
For the MP who claimed people go to foodbanks because they can’t cook, this chart might be hard to stomach
Booing the national anthem might stop if we level the playing field
The Big Issue
William Gomes • William Gomes is a Bangladeshi journalist and human rights activist. Last summer he contributed to a special edition of The Big Issue in which all the stories were written by refugees in the UK. Now he’s got some big news to share
LETTERS
MARTIN LEWIS ON THE LINK BETWEEN MONEY AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES [Cover feature, MAY 16]
JOHN SIMM TEASES LIFE ON MARS SEQUEL LAZARUS [MAY 8]
Big Issue supporter takes food and friendship to the streets of London
How The Big Exchange stops your savings from being used for greenwashing
GLOBAL DOINDDUP • Street papers and positive thinkers making a difference around the world
STRANGE DAYS INDEED
HAS NETFLIX TURNED UPSIDE DOWN?
TENANTS OF A LONDON TOWER BLOCK ARE FED UP WITH RISING SERVICE FEES AND SQUALID CONDITIONS. SO THEY’VE GONE ON STRIKE
ELSEWHERE, ACTIVISM CONTINUES TO HOLD LANDLORDS’ FEET TO THE FIRE
‘JUST FOUR HOURS AFTER I POSTED MY OPEN LETTER, I GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE EDUCATION SECRETARY. THAT’S MAD ISN’T IT?’
JOE WICKS • He was an angry child who resented his parents, but these days the lockdown legend just wants to give his dad a cuddle
CULTURE
STREET ART SHADOW
Capturing the esoteric artistry of the crop circle
Books about ageing
A dark history of orphanages, and my mum’s childhood secret
Michael Caine’s Carter is still brutally brilliant
BACK WHEN THE FUTURE LOOKED BRIGHT
SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME
Circle of musical life
RECORD OF THE WEEK
MY PITCH • Greggs, Alnwick Thursday-Saturday 9.30am-3pm