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"It took me decades to get out of the trouble of inherited poverty." Editor-in-chief of the Big Issue @JohnBirdsWords talks to Sky's @DarrenMcCaffrey about tackling the root causes of homelessness. #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and Freeview 233

It’s essential we turn off the tap if we want to stop the homelessness crisis overflowing. The government is right to turn their focus to prevention - but this means lifting the poverty leaving millions teetering on the edge of homelessness, not just moving people through it.

The abolition of the two-child benefit limit will offer relief to thousands of children who have had no choice in inheriting the poverty of their parents. A situation where young people are punished for the lottery of their birth is intolerable.

'I lost everything and feared for my life in floodwaters that rose up to my hip in seconds': @BigIssue seller Vincent recounts the horrific impact of Storm Claudia: walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

The whole point of the @BigIssue was never charity. It was bringing homeless people to the marketplace to earn their own money through trade. Our vendors aren't beggars. Please take your magazine.

There are a thousand reasons why someone may find themselves out in the cold selling you a @BigIssue this Christmas. Some of their experiences may not be as far from your own as you may think.

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We’re joining @BigIssue and 65+ other organisations in an open letter calling on the government to set child poverty targets in the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy. Read more: theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

Child poverty targets will provide much-needed benchmarks to track progress and keep driving action forward. But the government’s reticence so far has left us worried they’re looking to dodge this vital layer of scrutiny. Our call in the @guardian: theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

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Labour has taken the initiative to end the two-child benefit cap. They propose watering it down, change by stealth. Half brave and half cautious. Let’s hope that it will have the desired effect of lifting children out of the crisis of inherited poverty. theguardian.com/society/2025/s…

UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll bigissue.com/press-release/…

“One hugely positive development will be the end of section 21 no-fault evictions in the Renters’ Rights Bill, which finally nears royal assent."

“Labour must urgently deliver its long-promised homelessness strategy, with a focus on easing the economic and social pressures that are causing people to lose their homes in the first place."

Our MD, Catherine Parsons: "Local authority budgets are buckling under the weight of our overreliance on temporary accommodation. These stark figures make it clear we cannot continue to rely on this sticking plaster solution to the homelessness crisis." bigissue.com/news/housing/t…

Big Issue founder @johnbirdswords is looking for a Parliamentary Assistant to help drive change in Westminster. Think you’ve got what it takes? Apply by 5 Sept 👉 thebigissue.livevacancies.co.uk/#/job/details/…

"They'll end up in the street... they'll have nowhere else to go" Paul McNamee, Editor of The Big Issue on what will happen to migrants if the hotels they're staying in are closed. #Newsnight

In the aftermath of the vote on the welfare bill last night, I spoke to the BBC's Access All podcast about what it means going forward for disabled people – and about the devastating impact all this has had on people over the last year bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

It is a moral and a political necessity that this government ends the two-child benefit cap at the autumn budget. The public will not stomach any more inaction from Labour.