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How ex-Big Issue vendor went from rough sleeper to inspiring activist: ‘I want to change the world’
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How ex-Big Issue vendor went from rough sleeper to inspiring activist: ‘I want to change the world’

This ex-Big Issue vendor spent seven years homeless. Now she’s using her experience to help others
Our vendors

This ex-Big Issue vendor spent seven years homeless. Now she’s using her experience to help others

Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert pays tribute to beloved dog Bryony: ‘It’s the end of my world’
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Big Issue vendor Nick Cuthbert pays tribute to beloved dog Bryony: ‘It’s the end of my world’

DWP benefit sanctions have gotten tougher amid cost of living crisis, data shows
Benefits

DWP benefit sanctions have gotten tougher amid cost of living crisis, data shows

Why Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is the most important in years – and could decide Labour’s future
Politics

Why Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is the most important in years – and could decide Labour’s future

Rising homelessness has UK in a chokehold – but this project is fighting back with mixed martial arts
Homelessness

Rising homelessness has UK in a chokehold – but this project is fighting back with mixed martial arts

‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war
Russia-Ukraine war

‘I miss home so much’: Ukrainian refugee on life in UK two years into Russia’s bloody war

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
Energy bills

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes

Ukraine war two years on – graffiti left by Russian soldiers has a dark and sobering message
Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine war two years on – graffiti left by Russian soldiers has a dark and sobering message

Stroke victim is a ‘prisoner in his front room’ – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that
Band of builders

Stroke victim is a ‘prisoner in his front room’ – so these hero builders are stepping in to change that

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t
Sewage pollution

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds
four-day week

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem
Childcare

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation
Immigration

‘Care sector is on its knees’: How Tory crackdown on overseas care workers will fuel exploitation

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it
Food banks

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can’t afford it

‘An amazing U-turn’: Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing
Immigration

‘An amazing U-turn’: Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing

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DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end
Benefits

DWP benefit dates for March 2024 and other help as cost of living payments end

‘Dysfunctional’ mental health services failing to meet demand, doctors warn: ‘It’s broken’
Mental health

‘Dysfunctional’ mental health services failing to meet demand, doctors warn: ‘It’s broken’

Prince William to build social housing in his back garden to help end homelessness
Homelessness

Prince William to build social housing in his back garden to help end homelessness

‘We’re running out of babies’: Childcare costs driving parents into debt and to abortion, study finds
Childcare

‘We’re running out of babies’: Childcare costs driving parents into debt and to abortion, study finds