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Big Issue@BigIssue · Jul 21

This week’s Big Issue is out today! ✊Superheroes vs the culture wars 🏠 Rise of the good landlords? ☀️Our summer survival guide! Buy a copy from your local vendor, and read a sneak peek here. 👀 bigissue.com/behind-the-sce…

BigIssue's tweet image. This week’s Big Issue is out today!

✊Superheroes vs the culture wars
🏠 Rise of the good landlords?
☀️Our summer survival guide!

Buy a copy from your local vendor, and read a sneak peek here. 👀
bigissue.com/behind-the-sce…

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 2 h

Why the dystopian world of Severance is my unlikely comfort watch bigissue.com/opinion/severa…

BigIssue's tweet card. No one knows what's going on in Severance, but it still seems like my ideal place to work, says Lucy Sweet.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 3 h

Renters face higher deposits just for owning a pet. It’s wrong to squeeze more cash out of them bigissue.com/opinion/renter…

BigIssue's tweet card. Renters with pets face £1,103 upfront costs when they move home thanks to a new amendment to the Renters' Rights Bill, warns Generation Rent

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 5 h

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’ bigissue.com/news/housing/r…

BigIssue's tweet card. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering letting renters build up their credit score by keeping up with rent to help them get a mortgage.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 6 h

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help bigissue.com/opinion/pensio…

BigIssue's tweet card. The government has announced a revived commission to review pensions. Independent Age is calling for change for pensioners in poverty.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 8 h

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

BigIssue's tweet card. Recent government data shows that 141,290 children live in households affected by both the two-child limit and the benefit cap.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 13 h

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that bigissue.com/opinion/disabi…

BigIssue's tweet card. Rachel Charlton-Dailey's new book Ramping Up Rights tells the stories of disability rights movements that have been forgotten in history.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 14 h

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts bigissue.com/opinion/pay-tr…

BigIssue's tweet card. Pay inequality flourishes when salaries are kept secret, widening the already damaging inequalities in our society.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 17 m

Cigarettes, alcohol and sunsheeeeeine: How the UK has changed since Oasis first hit the big time bigissue.com/culture/music/…

BigIssue's tweet card. Oasis lyrics have become part of the national lexicon. And they are also a shorthand for who we are as a culture, then and now.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 4 h

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we’re just left to get on with it bigissue.com/life/money/kin…

BigIssue's tweet card. Rebekah became a kinship carer for her grandchildren after the death of her daughter. But the family is struggling to make ends meet.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 4 h

‘Children in care shouldn’t be a route to profit’: Baroness Lola Young on privatisation of children’s homes bigissue.com/news/politics/…

BigIssue's tweet card. Baroness Lola Young speaks out against the privatisation of children's care homes, continuing the commodification of vulnerable children.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 8 h

It’s Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me by Philippa Snow review – insights into female celebrity bigissue.com/culture/books/…

BigIssue's tweet card. In her new book Philippa Snow compares famous women to better understand the common challenges posed by the patriarchy.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 10 h

Folk culture is everywhere in Britain. You just have to look for it bigissue.com/culture/folk-c…

BigIssue's tweet card. The revival of our folk traditions could bring about radical change in our communities; to help us be kinder and more in tune with nature.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 10 h

This man has found a way to travel by train for free… with one small catch bigissue.com/life/money/tra…

BigIssue's tweet card. A national scheme called ‘delay repay’ means that if a train arrives more than an hour late, you are entitled to a full refund.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 11 h

Eric Idle: ‘George Harrison mortgaged his house so Monty Python could make Life of Brian’ bigissue.com/culture/tv/eri…

BigIssue's tweet card. Eric Idle knew from the moment he saw Beyond The Fringe that he wanted to be a comedian, and with Monty Python he ripped up the rulebook.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 12 h

Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here’s what they spent their money on bigissue.com/news/housing/h…

BigIssue's tweet card. A new government-backed trial is giving homeless people money to buy whatever they want. It could shape the future of homelessness support.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 13 h

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down? bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

BigIssue's tweet card. What does the inflation rate mean for you? Will prices come down? Here's all you need to know about when the cost of living crisis will end

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 22 h

Karen Pirie star Lauren Lyle: ‘I love screaming to heavy metal in the car’ bigissue.com/culture/tv/kar…

BigIssue's tweet card. As Karen Pirie returns for a new series, its star, Lauren Lyle, explains why her character is so relatable for young women.

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Big Issue@BigIssue · 23 h

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high bigissue.com/news/housing/h…

BigIssue's tweet card. More than 169,000 children are homeless and living in temporary accommodation as charities call for housing benefit to cover cost of renting.

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