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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

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

‘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’

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

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

‘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

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Housing

Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases
Renting

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases

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Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
Youth unemployment

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’

There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: ‘I wanted to be a lawyer’
Young people

There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: ‘I wanted to be a lawyer’

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
Coastal poverty

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities