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Everything you need to know about 2024’s already-controversial COP29 in Azerbaijan
Climate crisis

Everything you need to know about 2024’s already-controversial COP29 in Azerbaijan

Landlords urged to give up spare rooms to host refugees made homeless by Home Office
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Landlords urged to give up spare rooms to host refugees made homeless by Home Office

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work

Mum fears telling DWP she’s pregnant due to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap: ‘Bills are just too much’
Benefits

Mum fears telling DWP she’s pregnant due to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap: ‘Bills are just too much’

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told
Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told

Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare
Health

Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
Strikes

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
Housing

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter

Vulnerable sex-trafficking survivor evicted into below-zero temperatures by Home Office
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Vulnerable sex-trafficking survivor evicted into below-zero temperatures by Home Office

Home Office policy has led to a surge in refugee homelessness, academics say
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office policy has led to a surge in refugee homelessness, academics say

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate
Housing

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

Met Police apologises after ‘inhumane’ destruction of homeless people’s tents near Camden hospital
Homelessness

Met Police apologises after ‘inhumane’ destruction of homeless people’s tents near Camden hospital

UK inflation unexpectedly rising to 4% in December spells ‘bad news for families’
Cost of living crisis

UK inflation unexpectedly rising to 4% in December spells ‘bad news for families’

The Post Office scandal proves why workers’ needs must be put ahead of AI and technology
Post Office scandal

The Post Office scandal proves why workers’ needs must be put ahead of AI and technology

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds
Cities

‘Lonely and expensive’: London is becoming less ‘liveable’ than other European cities, study finds

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DWP falsely accuses single mum of owing £12,000 – when they actually owe her money
Benefits

DWP falsely accuses single mum of owing £12,000 – when they actually owe her money

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home
Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Youth centres

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’
Wealth tax

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’