Britain is ill-equipped, both structurally and culturally, to deal with extreme heat. And it's the most vulnerable who will ...
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Popular Swansea seller Liam Harmer tragically died in a flat fire on 14 July. He will be remembered at Big Issue for being ...
An investigation into how councils handled the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol in UK heatwaves shows homeless people face ...
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The summer of 1976 has gone down in the popular memory as an idealised time. What can we learn from it during 2026 heatwaves?
As Andy Burnham secures his bid to become the next prime minister, campaigners are calling on him to introduce rent controls. But is he likely to do so? Private renters on a median income spend £39.30 ...
New Buy Now, Pay Later rules come into force on 15 July. We explain what they mean for you and your money and how to avoid ...
Vinnie was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was four years old. His mother Sarah Kent took a year off work to look after him and, after he was through with the most intensive therapies, she tried to ...
Ruth Talbot, the founder of Single Parent Rights, writes about her experience of struggling to find housing as a single ...
It’s 33°C in sweaty Salford at the peak of June’s heatwave when Big Issue arrives at Energy House 2.0. The towering black structure sticks out among the University of Salford’s more traditional ...
Britain’s next generation of homes cannot be designed for the past. The biggest housing programme in decades is an opportunity to make climate resilience a national standard. For the last decade, I ...