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Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition is back for Earth Day – judged by the legendary Chris Packham

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It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him

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Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
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