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Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
River pollution

Lords kills off ‘hatchet job’ Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes
Homelessness

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he’s homeless and trapped in a ‘vicious circle’
Disability

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he’s homeless and trapped in a ‘vicious circle’

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a ‘turning point’?
Water pollution

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a ‘turning point’?

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn

UK government’s offshore wind farm auction was a ‘disaster’. It could cost bill payers £2 billion
Wind power

UK government’s offshore wind farm auction was a ‘disaster’. It could cost bill payers £2 billion

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?
Disposable vapes

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?

Are empty offices the answer to UK’s housing crisis?
Housing crisis

Are empty offices the answer to UK’s housing crisis?

Morocco earthquake: Emergency appeal launched by Big Issue partner Intrepid Foundation
Morocco Earthquake

Morocco earthquake: Emergency appeal launched by Big Issue partner Intrepid Foundation

How George Clooney ‘transformed’ Scottish charity Social Bite’s fight against homelessness
Homelessness

How George Clooney ‘transformed’ Scottish charity Social Bite’s fight against homelessness

Benefits must rise alongside record wage growth, economists warn 
Wages

Benefits must rise alongside record wage growth, economists warn 

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision
Social housing

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’

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Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer

How Prince William ended up buying lunch for Big Issue vendor Karl Burns: ‘He was a lovely bloke’
Big Issue vendors

How Prince William ended up buying lunch for Big Issue vendor Karl Burns: ‘He was a lovely bloke’

A better blueprint: tackling the housing crisis holistically
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A better blueprint: tackling the housing crisis holistically

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?
Disability benefits

Disability benefits companies used to be fined millions by DWP – but not anymore. What happened?