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The Big Issue

MY PITCH

DANIEL WILLIAMS, 47

I’ve been selling The Big Issue since it started but I’ve been selling it on and off. I’ve only just come back about five months ago. It was the cost of living that brought me back this time. I just couldn’t make my benefit go far enough to keep electricity on the meter and food in the cupboard.

I can ask my family for

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