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‘Fireworks sound like war’: Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night’s impact on veterans
Veterans

‘Fireworks sound like war’: Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night’s impact on veterans

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
Homelessness

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

Majority of Brits can’t name a single Black British historical figure. Here’s how we change that
Black History Month

Majority of Brits can’t name a single Black British historical figure. Here’s how we change that

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here’s how
The future of travel

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here’s how

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord
Social housing

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse
Tom Archer, Ian Cole

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it’s making UK’s housing crisis worse

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech
King's Speech

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’
Artificial Intelligence

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’

Inside UK’s ‘vital’ libraries providing ‘warm banks’ as cost of living bites and households struggle
Warm banks

Inside UK’s ‘vital’ libraries providing ‘warm banks’ as cost of living bites and households struggle

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a ‘failure’ due to benefits not covering essentials
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a ‘failure’ due to benefits not covering essentials

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want ‘appalling’ Manston asylum centre closed
Asylum seekers

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want ‘appalling’ Manston asylum centre closed

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From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London’s most disadvantaged women
Barriers to work

From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London’s most disadvantaged women

Homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds
Homelessness

Homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds

‘I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg’: Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences
Our vendors

‘I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg’: Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences

Where to find free toiletries, period products and nappies in the UK
Cost of living crisis

Where to find free toiletries, period products and nappies in the UK