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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

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart
Cost of living crisis

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’
Food poverty

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’
Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’
Conservative Party

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay
Renting

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves
LGBTQ+ Rights

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Food banks

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again
Big Issue Recruit

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  
Care leavers

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  

What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’
Just Stop Oil

What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 

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Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis
Housing

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began
homelessness

‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’: Homeless families in temporary accommodation highest since records began

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class
Urban design

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class