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Why homelessness is rising in Finland – and what Britain can learn
Homelessness

Why homelessness is rising in Finland – and what Britain can learn

Digital ID scheme will be a ‘passport’ out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer
Exclusive

Digital ID scheme will be a ‘passport’ out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises
Real Living Wage

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises

Universal credit should increase by 6.2% in 2026. Here’s what you need to know
Universal credit

Universal credit should increase by 6.2% in 2026. Here’s what you need to know

Homelessness minister ‘shocked’ at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs
Homelessness

Homelessness minister ‘shocked’ at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

Behind the sleigh bells and huskies of Lapland’s Christmas industry, the Sámi people struggle
Lapland

Behind the sleigh bells and huskies of Lapland’s Christmas industry, the Sámi people struggle

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Water

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?
Benefits

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Should stamp duty be scrapped?
Stamp duty

Should stamp duty be scrapped?

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Right to Buy

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé

If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
Climate crisis

If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’
Employment

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’

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Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’

Bath is one of Britain’s most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?
Housing crisis

Bath is one of Britain’s most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Homelessness

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’
Politics

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’