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I’m a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state’s failures on homelessness
Paula Barker

I’m a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state’s failures on homelessness

Labour’s new homelessness strategy leaves a lot of questions to be answered, writes Labour MP Paula Barker, who has called for a national rollout of Housing First

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

Keir Starmer promised a new cross-government homelessness strategy back in Labour’s 2024 general election. Almost 18 months later, it’s finally here

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’

The government’s strategy has opted not to make Housing First a central part of plans to reduce homelessness despite the success of pilot programmes

Everything you need to know about Labour’s homelessness strategy
Homelessness

Everything you need to know about Labour’s homelessness strategy

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

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Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  
Housing First

Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
ROUGH SLEEPING

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to

This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’
Homelessness

This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around
Homelessness

I spent more than 20 years homeless and battling addiction. Giving me a home turned my life around

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
Homelessness

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it
Homelessness

‘Hidden crisis’ of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here’s one way to fix it

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can’t we make it work in the UK?
Housing

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can’t we make it work in the UK?

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all
Alex Smith

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about
General election 2024

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis

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This is why we can’t compare ourselves to Finland when it comes to homelessness
John Bird

This is why we can’t compare ourselves to Finland when it comes to homelessness

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’
Interview

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister
SCOTLAND

Nicola Sturgeon’s most memorable moments as she resigns as Scotland’s first minister

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
Opinion

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths