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How many empty homes are there in the UK?
Housing

How many empty homes are there in the UK?

Families left with ‘nothing’ as cost of living payments fail to cover essentials: ‘My bank account is empty’
Cost of living crisis

Families left with ‘nothing’ as cost of living payments fail to cover essentials: ‘My bank account is empty’

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate

How a grassroots women’s network is fighting climate change – one dodgy investment at a time
Climate crisis

How a grassroots women’s network is fighting climate change – one dodgy investment at a time

‘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’

‘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

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Supreme Court finds
Immigration

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Supreme Court finds

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

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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

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
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Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister