Councils
Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
The decision to force refugees out of asylum accommodation at short notice has contributed to the homelessness crisis pushing local authorities to the brink. Writing for the Big Issue on Refugee Week, Chartered Institute of Housing’s John Perry says some councils are taking positive steps to tackle the prevent homelessness
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Islington Council are taking Islington Foodbank to court, saying they are trespassing. The food bank say they will be forced to close if it succeeds
Reform councillor describing some children in care as ‘evil’ proves how broken the system really is
Reform councillor describing some children in care as ‘evil’ proves how broken the system really is
After a Reform councillor described children in care as ‘evil’, Sophia Alexandra Hall explains why this comment isn’t shocking – it’s part of a deeper systemic failure
How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection
This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection
I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once
This genius idea could help solve the housing crisis and prevent homelessness all at once
This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Should we end Thatcher’s Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK’s housing crisis
Should we end Thatcher’s Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK’s housing crisis
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’
Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’
‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
‘I urinated myself in the opticians’: UK’s public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like ‘prisoners’
Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
