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I’m lucky that I’m in good health but I go in for blood pressure checks and I’m so grateful for the service I get from the NHS. You can read my story on page 46. INSIDE... 9 FINAL DEMAND In-work poverty and the council tax debt trap 15 PAUSE Fat. Not just a feminist issue, actually Matt Sheehan Matt 24 DANIEL MAYS Britain’s most in-demand actor on playing the role of his life Vendor photo: Vendor WE BELIEVE in a hand up, not a handout... WE BELIEVE poverty is indiscriminate… WE BELIEVE in prevention… Which is why our sellers BUY every copy of the Which is why we provide ANYONE whose life is Which is why Big Issue Invest oers magazine for £1.25 and sell it for £2.50. blighted by poverty with the opportunity to backing and investments to social enterprises, earn a LEGITIMATE income. charities and businesses which deliver social WE BELIEVE in trade, not aid… value to communities. Which is why we ask you to ALWAYS take WE BELIEVE in the right to citizenship… your copy of the magazine. 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The INSP was established 24 years ago by The Big Issue and the majority of these member titles are modelled to a greater or lesser extent on The Big Issue. The conference is an opportunity to meet and share ideas. Some of the magazines are doing incredible things. I look to Mi Valedor, for example, a title started by a determined few right in the heart of the toughest part of Mexico City and I want to stand up and applaud. They are making a difference by doing, by offering those right at the bottom of that huge metropolis an opportunity to rise. JULIE – WE SAL There are any number of similar titles, all facing challenges that are both similar and wildly different. The best of the people behind these publications are indomitable, Corrie legend is a Big Issue heero determined to wrestle with tough problems and produce a magazine after she jumped in to give ouur or paper that helps deliver proper change. And money. It’s not often you get to sit amongst a big group of international vendors a Fringe sales boost journalists and editors and have time to talk. I was interested, given the situation Britain now finds itself in, to discover how others see us, Whenex-Corrie star Julie whether Liam Fox’s message of great trading opportunities was Hesmondhalgh spotted an advert in Thhe connecting the way we’re assured. Big Issue calling for volunteers to help What is Brexit, asked colleagues from Korea. And Taiwan. And out at Edinburgh Fringe, she got Japan. Well, we know that a lot of people are talking about it here, but straight on the phone to us. Julie, who back home nobody’s talking