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‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes
Benefits

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes

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’

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help
Youth homelessness

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’
venue watch

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’

‘We’re futureproofing the potato’: How climate change is causing turmoil for your Christmas dinner
Christmas

‘We’re futureproofing the potato’: How climate change is causing turmoil for your Christmas dinner

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
Cost of living crisis

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

DWP is ‘penalising’ terminally ill people for ‘not dying fast enough’, campaigner warns
Benefits

DWP is ‘penalising’ terminally ill people for ‘not dying fast enough’, campaigner warns

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

I’ve been homeless in this city. Now I’m helping tourists discover its hidden secrets
Homelessness

I’ve been homeless in this city. Now I’m helping tourists discover its hidden secrets

Folk music venue fights for survival after ‘unfair’ £99k bill from billionaire landlords
Venue Watch

Folk music venue fights for survival after ‘unfair’ £99k bill from billionaire landlords

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
Cost of living crisis

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests
Our vendors

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Refugee wonders if it would be better to ‘stay in Yemen and die’ than go through UK asylum system
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Refugee wonders if it would be better to ‘stay in Yemen and die’ than go through UK asylum system

‘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’

Shock £300k bill from bankrupt council threatens Woking’s only grassroots music venue
Venue Watch

Shock £300k bill from bankrupt council threatens Woking’s only grassroots music venue

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Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people
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Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people

Building careers from U2 to Self Esteem, The Horn is a haven for ‘people a little bit outside normal’
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Building careers from U2 to Self Esteem, The Horn is a haven for ‘people a little bit outside normal’

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
Climate crisis

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home