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London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

London’s 99 data centres consume about 760MW at peak demand, equivalent to three quarters of a million houses – and demand is surging

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

Groundbreaking new research from children’s charity Variety shows that a staggering number of disabled children are homeless

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’
World Cup

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’

The three-part film The World Cup That Matters follows young people at the Street Child World Cup on a journey to fulfil their footballing dreams and change their lives after being homelessness on the streets

‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’
Family courts

‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
Activism

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?

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Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Reader offer

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
Homelessness

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Housing

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases
Renting

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
Youth unemployment

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’

There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: ‘I wanted to be a lawyer’
Young people

There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: ‘I wanted to be a lawyer’

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Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’
Cost of living

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?