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Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Food banks

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again
Big Issue Recruit

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  
Care leavers

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  

What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’
Just Stop Oil

What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis
Housing

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class
Urban design

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class

‘I had to do something’: Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around
Justice system

‘I had to do something’: Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out
Fight for justice

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out

Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland
Hunger crisis

Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as ‘inhumane’ as asylum seekers told to return to barge
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as ‘inhumane’ as asylum seekers told to return to barge

What we can learn from Wales’ ‘world-leading’ plan to end homelessness once and for all
Homelessness

What we can learn from Wales’ ‘world-leading’ plan to end homelessness once and for all

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities
Town planning

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities

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Renters ‘age faster’ than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed
Renting

Renters ‘age faster’ than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed

Government in waiting or same old Labour? What we learned from Keir Starmer and party conference
Labour Party

Government in waiting or same old Labour? What we learned from Keir Starmer and party conference

What is a People’s House? The demand made by Keir Starmer’s glittery conference protester
Democracy

What is a People’s House? The demand made by Keir Starmer’s glittery conference protester

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It’s a much bigger problem than anyone thinks
Homelessness

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It’s a much bigger problem than anyone thinks