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bigissue.com > news > social-justice > big-issue-35-homelessness-terminator

Big Issue is 35. Our mission to terminate homelessness continues

14+ hour, 56+ 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…...


bigissue.com > behind-the-scenes > inside-the-big-issue-35-years-of-a-hand-up

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (269+ words) Big Issue has just turned 35. In our extra special birthday edition, we ask: can the homeless finally go home? Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up. Big Issue first started offering a hand up to those who needed…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > andy-burnham-rough-sleeping-interview-big-issue-35

Andy Burnham: Rough sleeping plan 'not a one-off for Christmas"

20+ hour, 57+ 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…...


bigissue.com > news > social-justice > southbank-centre-letters-to-the-future

I've seen the future. A basic income leads people out of 'labourism"

1+ day, 13+ 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…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > john-bird-message-andy-burnham

John Bird's message to Andy Burnham: You must fix rough sleeping

5+ day, 14+ 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…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > letters-andy-burnham-rough-sleeping

'Andy Burnham must not repeat past mistakes on homelessness"

6+ day, 8+ 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:…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > social-housing-renting-jrf-loughborough

Social housing shortage leaving renting families £8,000 worse off

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (651+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Private renting households need to earn £8,000 more to maintain a decent standard of living compared to those in social housing, a new…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > conservatives-defence-spending-housing-benefit-lha

Will cutting housing benefit to pay for defence spending work?

1+ week, 14+ 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…...


bigissue.com > opinion > gentrification-london-poverty-john-bird

A trip home to London showed the damage gentrification has done

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (845+ words) We need a bigger and better form of social thinking than we have ever had before, writes John BIrd The shops in Fulham in the 1970s have been replaced by a plethora of estate agents. Image: George Harris / ANL / Shutterstock It…...


bigissue.com > news > housing > andy-burnhams-council-housing-plans-analysed

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…...