Andy Burnham arrives in office as prime minister with no shortage of urgent challenges demanding attention, including economic growth, the cost of living, and regional inequality. One issue underpins ...

When Andy Burnham stood on the steps of Downing Street and made ending rough sleeping his first pledge as prime minister, he ...

New prime minister Andy Burnham has shown consistent support for Big Issue over the years, even selling the magazine back in ...

A community housing group in London were promised millions to build new affordable homes. A decade later they are still ...

Andy Burnham has announced a £2 cap on single bus fares in England from January 2027 as his latest measure to support people struggling with the cost of living. But experts have warned that the prime ...

It’s his first week in the job and the queue of people waiting to speak to our new prime minister is already stretching round the block, each bearing an urgent demand that previous governments have ...

Universal credit doesn't reflect the cost of living and that's why millions of people rely on food banks. You can have your ...

Rents in the UK are now at the highest point on record, leaving renters on low incomes struggling to keep up or find an affordable place to live – but there are signs that the rental boom is starting ...

British people want change. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party was elected on that grounds and he was ousted two years later because people have not felt their lives get materially better. After a cost of ...

One of the most frightening diminutions of the UK as a caring society was the closure of the mental asylums, often on the edge of towns, in the 1980s. Replaced laughingly by what was called ‘Care in ...

As Andy Burnham moves into 10 Downing Street, here are the issues Big Issue says he should prioritise to tackle poverty.

Campaigner Kerri Douglas has been credited with helping to end the Vagrancy Act after she was arrested while rough sleeping.