Help Urged for Big Issue Vendors as New Virus Restrictions Hit Britain

Help Urged for Big Issue Vendors as New Virus Restrictions Hit Britain
Undated handout photo of Big Issue vendor Hugh McErlean in Covent Garden, London, taken on Dec. 16, 2021. PA
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The livelihoods of Big Issue vendors “hang on the edge of a precipice” as new restrictions come into force to deal with the renewed virus crisis, the magazine’s founder has warned.

Lord John Bird called for public support as high streets become quiet again in what would normally be the busiest time of the year.