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Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?

Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
Why we need new train stations – and how they could improve issues from the housing crisis to poor health
The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain
Hidden homelessness is unseen, hard to define and even more difficult to measure
This charity uses McDonald’s to fight hidden homelessness

This charity uses McDonald’s to fight hidden homelessness
Prince William visited Spiral Skills to see how the Lambeth project can help his Homewards programme tackle homelessness. The people behind the charity told Big Issue how they reach those at risk
Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’
Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’
Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’

One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain

Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?

What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?
Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
There’s no trust left in the world. How can we get it back?

There’s no trust left in the world. How can we get it back?
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Hidden crisis of fires ripping through Gypsy and Traveller sites is ‘a fatal tragedy waiting to happen’

Hidden crisis of fires ripping through Gypsy and Traveller sites is ‘a fatal tragedy waiting to happen’
Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold
Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Rent controls coming to Scotland as Holyrood passes ‘ground-breaking’ housing bill
