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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

Young woman says she ‘unravelled’ when cost of living meant she couldn’t keep herself clean
Cost of living crisis

Young woman says she ‘unravelled’ when cost of living meant she couldn’t keep herself clean

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

Ban on no-fault evictions delayed indefinitely. Here’s why you should be furious
End Housing Insecurity Now

Ban on no-fault evictions delayed indefinitely. Here’s why you should be furious

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis
Child poverty

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis

Renters Reform Bill: Tenants fear even further delays to ban on no-fault evictions
Renting

Renters Reform Bill: Tenants fear even further delays to ban on no-fault evictions

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan
End Housing Insecurity Now

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here’s how to kick it out for good
Football

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here’s how to kick it out for good

Britain’s Tory-sympathising press is ‘terrible’ for democracy, experts warn
Freedom of the Press

Britain’s Tory-sympathising press is ‘terrible’ for democracy, experts warn

Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These ‘magic’ Repair Cafés are trying to change that
Sustainability

Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These ‘magic’ Repair Cafés are trying to change that

Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
Adoption

Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’
Social care

Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’

1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas
Exclusive

1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas

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RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is ‘health catastrophe waiting to happen’
Bibby Stockholm

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is ‘health catastrophe waiting to happen’

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war
Israel-Palestine conflict

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war

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