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This innovative ‘village’ under Manchester’s railway arches helps tackle homelessness
Homelessness

This innovative ‘village’ under Manchester’s railway arches helps tackle homelessness

The project in Manchester’s railway arches providing housing and vital skills for people with experience of homelessness

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there’s so much opposition to Heathrow’s third runway
Heathrow Airport

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there’s so much opposition to Heathrow’s third runway

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been slammed by environmental groups as ‘catastrophic’, ‘desperate’ and ‘irresponsible’

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

Campaigners Warm This Winter has ranked the top 10 cities for cold and damp homes in the UK in a bid to urge the government to speed up to home insulation

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents
Homelessness

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’

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‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk
social media

‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Working from home isn’t ‘proper work’, ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?
Work from home

Working from home isn’t ‘proper work’, ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’

It’s 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?
Rough sleeping

It’s 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?

‘The right is on the rise’: UK’s democracy is too fragile to be ‘complacent’ about Trump, experts say
Donald Trump

‘The right is on the rise’: UK’s democracy is too fragile to be ‘complacent’ about Trump, experts say

World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: ‘Obscene’
Trillionaires

World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: ‘Obscene’

Disability benefits cuts would be ‘devastating’ and ‘increase absolute poverty’, Labour warned
Disability benefits

Disability benefits cuts would be ‘devastating’ and ‘increase absolute poverty’, Labour warned

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures
Homelessness

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called ‘most depressing day of the year’
Mental health

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called ‘most depressing day of the year’

What impact will Trump’s presidency actually have on the UK? Here’s everything you need to know
Donald Trump

What impact will Trump’s presidency actually have on the UK? Here’s everything you need to know

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

The 1.5C global warming target is a ‘delusion’, warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles
Global heating

The 1.5C global warming target is a ‘delusion’, warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Our Vendors

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

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Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill
Disability benefits

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
Disability benefits

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?