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Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who’s to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who’s to blame

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
No-fault evictions

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless
Homelessness

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless

Building homes in right places will be ‘more important than landlords’ to fixing UK’s rental crisis
Housing

Building homes in right places will be ‘more important than landlords’ to fixing UK’s rental crisis

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefits

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

‘Football is a force for good’: Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA
Homeless World Cup

‘Football is a force for good’: Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA

Awaab’s Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing
Social housing

Awaab’s Law: How AI holds the key to tackling deadly damp and mould in social housing

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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?

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

‘An act of desperation’: GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years
Employment

‘An act of desperation’: GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years