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Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap
Letters

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap

‘People have more to give’: This life-changing charity helps homeless people to build their own homes
Housing

‘People have more to give’: This life-changing charity helps homeless people to build their own homes

The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec’s childhood TV classic
Youth clubs

The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec’s childhood TV classic

‘Food is expensive’: How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive
Poverty

‘Food is expensive’: How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive

Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe ‘limits’. The fight is now on to clean it up
Sewage pollution

Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe ‘limits’. The fight is now on to clean it up

How Newcastle United fans are tackling food poverty one match at a time: ‘There’s more need than ever’
Food poverty

How Newcastle United fans are tackling food poverty one match at a time: ‘There’s more need than ever’

‘I lost my dignity’: Inside Britain’s biggest food bank as people struggle to afford the basics
Food banks

‘I lost my dignity’: Inside Britain’s biggest food bank as people struggle to afford the basics

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins the North East’s leading voices to debate the big issues
Press Release

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins the North East’s leading voices to debate the big issues

Newcastle is debasing itself to NUFC’s Saudi owners. Here’s how we’re fighting empty promises
Andrew Page and John Hird

Newcastle is debasing itself to NUFC’s Saudi owners. Here’s how we’re fighting empty promises

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’
Theatre

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders
Industry

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders

Olympic BMX star Kieran Reilly: ‘I’m so proud of the North – hopefully one day people won’t have to move’
Sport

Olympic BMX star Kieran Reilly: ‘I’m so proud of the North – hopefully one day people won’t have to move’

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers
Rough sleeping

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers

Former vendor Earl John Charlton returns to his old pitch as Big Issue arrives in Newcastle
Big Community

Former vendor Earl John Charlton returns to his old pitch as Big Issue arrives in Newcastle

Big Issue Community Roadshow arrives in Newcastle – with Womble in tow
Big Community

Big Issue Community Roadshow arrives in Newcastle – with Womble in tow

Waterloo Road star James Baxter to join the Big Issue’s Big Debate in Newcastle
Big Debate

Waterloo Road star James Baxter to join the Big Issue’s Big Debate in Newcastle

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Research finds that over half of UK adults (54%) think the government is not doing enough for people in poverty  
Press Release

Research finds that over half of UK adults (54%) think the government is not doing enough for people in poverty  

Wales & West Housing supports residents throughout the pandemic
Housing

Wales & West Housing supports residents throughout the pandemic