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How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’
homelessness

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’
World Cup

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
Activism

In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Reader offer

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
Homelessness

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
Housing

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials