The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

The road to exodus

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Rishi Sunak’s net-zero U-turn took the country by surprise. Here’s what the experts think is behind it

Here’s the financial support on offer for the net-zero switch

The PM says he’s thinking long term. But he’s clearly eyeing an early election

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Let’s spend his cash together, before we’re out of time

BIRD’S WORDS • A brief history of British cruelty puts paid to glib comparison

LETTERS

‘LIBRARIES ARE THE HEARTS OF COMMUNITIES’ • Libraries change lives, as Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho knows. So, he got on his bamboo bike to join one in every local authority in the UK. Here’s why

HOW THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET • Good Money Week runs from 2-8 October. It’s a welcome opportunity to look at how the world of finance can effect positive change. While many of the younger generation find themselves under intense pressure trying to make ends meet, anticipated events in the next 10-20 years are likely to change their world completely. We look at what many are calling ‘The Great Wealth Transfer’. Meanwhile on page 27 we examine how moving your savings to a sustainable bank can benefit everyone

SWITCHING BANK ACCOUNTS IS THE EASY WAY TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE • Independent consumer choice organisations are on hand to give you the information you need on the transparency of your bank’s policies and practices. Bevis Watts of Triodos Bank UK explains how moving your money to a sustainable bank won’t cost you a thing but could benefit us all

DAVID OLUSOGA • Television gave him the education that his school could not, but his mother was the driving force of his historical ambitions

CLAUDE

Books

Film

THE HEAT IS ON (AGAIN) • After the intense, one-take film, kitchen-based drama Boiling Point returns as a TV show. Director Philip Barantini lifts the lid

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Justice

Puzzles

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