Housing

Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessness

Big Issue analysis found marginalised and vulnerable people on the streets were swept up in the riots that followed the Southport murders with many of those jailed facing being released into homelessness

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope
John Bird

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope

Big Issue’s 35 years of pushing and pushing on homelessness will have paid off if the new PM makes good on his word

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

Private rents have far outstripped grocery prices since 1988. If they’d kept pace, your weekly shop would look a lot different

It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction
Social Justice

It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

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These Londoners were promised millions for affordable homes. 10 years later, they’re still waiting
Housing

These Londoners were promised millions for affordable homes. 10 years later, they’re still waiting

‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’
Paula Barker

‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

What are Andy Burnham’s cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?
Cost of living

What are Andy Burnham’s cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?

How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping
homelessness

How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping

New prime minister Andy Burnham starts with vow to end rough sleeping. Here’s how he aims to do it
Housing

New prime minister Andy Burnham starts with vow to end rough sleeping. Here’s how he aims to do it

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look like

Here’s what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis
Politics

Here’s what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis

Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to know
Housing

Awaab’s Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here’s what you need to know

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?
Housing

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat
Technology

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat

‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing market
Ruth Talbot

‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing market

Andy Burnham’s council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heat
Emma Howard Boyd

Andy Burnham’s council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heat

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’
TV

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Housing

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans

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Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness’
Politics

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness’

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles
Robert Smith

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Changemakers 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’