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

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’

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

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war
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Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

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’

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’

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’

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

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

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 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

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 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’

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’

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’ 

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’
Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis

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

‘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’

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
