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UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here’s how that money could be better spent

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win

Man left ‘suicidal’ and sacrificing food after being ‘harassed’ by debt collectors
Cost of living crisis

Man left ‘suicidal’ and sacrificing food after being ‘harassed’ by debt collectors

End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’

‘A national scandal’: Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds
homelessness

‘A national scandal’: Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over the Christmas period
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over the Christmas period

Black people more likely to be arrested for being homeless, research finds: ‘This shames our country’
Rough sleeping

Black people more likely to be arrested for being homeless, research finds: ‘This shames our country’

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor Marc Jones, 47, found dead in hostel
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Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor Marc Jones, 47, found dead in hostel

Here’s when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024

Home Office U-turns and makes ‘admission of wrongdoing’ on plan to cut asylum backlog
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office U-turns and makes ‘admission of wrongdoing’ on plan to cut asylum backlog

UK’s doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A Modest Proposal

UK’s doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here’s how that money could be better spent

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
Cost of living crisis

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

Home Office plan to clear asylum backlog is making refugees homeless, minister admits
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office plan to clear asylum backlog is making refugees homeless, minister admits

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: ‘People are dying’
Renting

More than 5,000 renters face being made homeless over Christmas, Labour says: ‘People are dying’

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What’s behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?
Education

What’s behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?

Five-month wait for housing benefit boost risks 18,000 Londoners falling into homelessness
Homelessness

Five-month wait for housing benefit boost risks 18,000 Londoners falling into homelessness

Big Issue vendor Kelvin Gregory pays tribute to beloved dog and ‘dear friend’ Ralph
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Big Issue vendor Kelvin Gregory pays tribute to beloved dog and ‘dear friend’ Ralph

Exposed wires, black mould and rats: State of student housing leaving residents with health issues
Student housing

Exposed wires, black mould and rats: State of student housing leaving residents with health issues