Record numbers of households are living in temporary accommodation, despite funding and targets being in place to tackle the ...

After prison, taking something that was a source of shame and using it to help others is a powerful thing, says SWIM CIC's Ali Hashi.

James Nelson-Joyce is back on our screens in This City Is Ours. But he's also in the running for something a bit ...

As the Milburn Review looks for answers to the NEETs crisis, the government should make a commitment that every child has a ...

Dan Whyte writes about how education can offer prisoners the opportunity to be recognised for what they could become, rather ...

If Andy Burnham wants to prove devolution work, he can start by addressing prisons and homelessness, writes Revolving Doors' Pavan Dhaliwal.

Sam wanted to become a self-employed painter and decorator. He came to RIFT Social Enterprise with three months left to serve. Two years after release, he is still trading, with no further offending ...

Joanne Robinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 50. When she applied for a Blue Badge, she was told she seemed “too young” ...

Chase & Status are an English drum and bass duo composed of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status). In a first for Big ...

Charles Booth's 1889 maps shows poverty and homelessness in London. A century later, we have more information ever.

Best known as the author of the Reacher series, Lee Child has been appointed the first-ever prison reading laureate. Here's ...

Big Issue readers respond to Andy Burnham's conference speech, Lucy Sweet's column about The Sopranos and one of our vendors' ...