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Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’
Politics

Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Prisons

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness

Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats
Politics

How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back
Paris Olympics 2024

France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists ‘set a terrible example for the rest of the world’

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks ‘criminalising’ poverty: ‘Some are out of options’
Shoplifting

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks ‘criminalising’ poverty: ‘Some are out of options’

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’
Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’
Childcare

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn’t have got free without financial help
Financial inclusion

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn’t have got free without financial help

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism
Homelessness

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that’s missing from the King’s Speech
King's Speech

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that’s missing from the King’s Speech

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Workers blame Amazon’s ‘union-busting’ after losing historic union vote: ‘This is not the end’
Workers' rights

Workers blame Amazon’s ‘union-busting’ after losing historic union vote: ‘This is not the end’

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Care leavers

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness

What will be in King’s Speech? Here’s 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
King's speech

What will be in King’s Speech? Here’s 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’
Rough sleeping

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’