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‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Public toilets

‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world
Envrionment

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis

Benefits claimants to lose free NHS prescriptions if they refuse work: ‘We will take your benefits away’
Benefits

Benefits claimants to lose free NHS prescriptions if they refuse work: ‘We will take your benefits away’

Thousands of 16 and 17-year-old children were homeless in England last year – and ‘treated like adults’
Homelessness

Thousands of 16 and 17-year-old children were homeless in England last year – and ‘treated like adults’

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’
Rough sleeping

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’

Rwanda judgement means asylum seekers can ‘sleep without fear’, says charity behind court victory
Immigration

Rwanda judgement means asylum seekers can ‘sleep without fear’, says charity behind court victory

Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year
Rough sleeping

Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year

Nobody knows what Esther McVey’s new ‘anti-woke’ cabinet job means – except for even more culture wars
Culture wars

Nobody knows what Esther McVey’s new ‘anti-woke’ cabinet job means – except for even more culture wars

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids
Afghanistan

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids

Food banks ask people to ‘pray for them’ ahead of worst winter on record: ‘Our shelves are empty’
Cost of living crisis

Food banks ask people to ‘pray for them’ ahead of worst winter on record: ‘Our shelves are empty’

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn’t go far enough
Environment

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn’t go far enough

‘The King slipped me a tenner’: King Charles buys copy of Big Issue with his portrait on the cover
King Charles III

‘The King slipped me a tenner’: King Charles buys copy of Big Issue with his portrait on the cover

Map shows where you can find a warm bank near you this winter
Cost of living crisis

Map shows where you can find a warm bank near you this winter

Rough sleepers left ‘scared and disgusted’ after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers left ‘scared and disgusted’ after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital

We grilled new children’s minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn’t go well
Exclusive

We grilled new children’s minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn’t go well

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DWP plans for ‘welfare cuts’ slammed as ‘utter evil’ by disability campaigners
Welfare reforms

DWP plans for ‘welfare cuts’ slammed as ‘utter evil’ by disability campaigners

‘Yet more chaos’: 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle
Housing

‘Yet more chaos’: 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don’t expect any real change
Politics

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don’t expect any real change

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in ‘shocking attack’
Crime

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in ‘shocking attack’