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Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: ‘This will only get worse’
Sewage pollution

Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: ‘This will only get worse’

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
Disabled children

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it
Homelessness

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues
Housing

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

DWP urged to withdraw ‘dangerous’ and ‘inaccessible’ consultation into benefit cuts
Disability benefits

DWP urged to withdraw ‘dangerous’ and ‘inaccessible’ consultation into benefit cuts

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’
Disability benefits

Blind people feel ‘anxious and outraged’ over Labour’s benefit cuts: ‘I’m struggling as it is’

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: ‘It’s a national scandal’
Social housing

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: ‘It’s a national scandal’

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country

Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024
Clean energy

Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’
Renting

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer
Global Recession

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer

‘We want people to feel welcome’: Inside the UK’s only homeless shelter for trans people
Asylum seekers

‘We want people to feel welcome’: Inside the UK’s only homeless shelter for trans people

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

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Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Big Issue Ambassadors

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’

Labour is ‘missing a trick’ by not taxing housing wealth, expert says
Housing

Labour is ‘missing a trick’ by not taxing housing wealth, expert says

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Air pollution

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go
Two-child benefit cap

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go