Housing

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to ‘dangerous’ loan sharks, study finds
Loan sharks

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to ‘dangerous’ loan sharks, study finds

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
homelessness

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: ‘It’s time to put a limping government out of its misery’
General election 2024

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: ‘It’s time to put a limping government out of its misery’

This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence
Tom Kerridge

This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?
Housing

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?

Bob Vylan: ‘Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there’s not space to be vulnerable’
Music

Bob Vylan: ‘Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there’s not space to be vulnerable’

Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here’s how to end it once and for all
Matthew Torbitt

Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here’s how to end it once and for all

Gen Z want to buy houses, smoke weed and do crimes, report finds. What does this mean for UK’s future?
Generation Z

Gen Z want to buy houses, smoke weed and do crimes, report finds. What does this mean for UK’s future?

Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here’s some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed
Tom Clark

Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here’s some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’
Housing crisis

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’

Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
Lucy Sweet

Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
Housing

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Homelessness

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell

Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?
Oliver Chantler

Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
Big Issue Group

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year

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Madness legend Suggs: ‘I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn’t be prouder of the fact’
Music

Madness legend Suggs: ‘I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn’t be prouder of the fact’

Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots
John Bird

Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots

‘Real change is essential’: Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
Big Issue

‘Real change is essential’: Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good

There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it
Social housing

There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it