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Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’

UK at risk of ‘technical recession’ despite GDP growth in November: ‘This isn’t a thriving economy’
Economy

UK at risk of ‘technical recession’ despite GDP growth in November: ‘This isn’t a thriving economy’

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: ‘If you don’t give people good homes they can’t have good lives’
Housing

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: ‘If you don’t give people good homes they can’t have good lives’

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield
Refugee homelessness crisis

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield

HS2 boss admits cost of railway could soar to £66.6bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

HS2 boss admits cost of railway could soar to £66.6bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’
Child poverty

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?
Childcare

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?

Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment as temperatures drop below freezing
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment as temperatures drop below freezing

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?
Childcare

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly
Benefits

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them
Housing crisis

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit
Childcare

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors
Our vendors

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: ‘Cruel and dangerous’
Energy bills

Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: ‘Cruel and dangerous’

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak’s catastrophic oil and gas bill
Climate crisis

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak’s catastrophic oil and gas bill

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Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’
Activism

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
Immigration

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024
World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024