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Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead
Rough sleeping

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support
Housing crisis

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
Cost of living crisis

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes
Benefits

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’
Politics

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

‘Illegal vapes are already flooding the market’: What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
Disposable vapes

‘Illegal vapes are already flooding the market’: What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?

‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing
Housing crisis

‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’
Health

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’

Insulating Britain’s draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing
Climate Change

Insulating Britain’s draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: ‘People are still struggling’
Benefits

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: ‘People are still struggling’

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

5 reasons why Sunak’s ‘British homes for British workers’ social housing plan is doomed to fail
Social housing

5 reasons why Sunak’s ‘British homes for British workers’ social housing plan is doomed to fail

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week’s notice
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week’s notice

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Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it’s not enough
Water pollution

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it’s not enough

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024
Benefits

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
Renting

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
In memoriam

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James