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Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  
Kristian Jackson

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  

Some 82% of queer people change their behaviour or appearance on public transport to avoid abuse, surveys show

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

The London mayor said reducing house prices in the city by just 1% could boost Labour’s bid for economic growth by £7.3bn over the next decade

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Housing

‘This is the dream’: These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

Rural Urban Synthesis Society’s self-build project is the biggest of its kind in London and is the culmination of a 15-year dream that shows an alternative vision of tackling the housing crisis

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services
Bruce Houlder

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

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Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
Rough sleeping

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels

‘Infuriating and disgraceful’: Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row
Social care

‘Infuriating and disgraceful’: Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row

‘The market is broken’: Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
Housing crisis

‘The market is broken’: Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

‘Utterly unsustainable’: Homelessness in London at highest level on record
Homelessness

‘Utterly unsustainable’: Homelessness in London at highest level on record

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change
Climate change

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change

Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain’s best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: ‘Flawless and beautiful’

Nearly half of Londoners don’t realise how bad child poverty actually is: ‘Deeply concerning’
Child poverty

Nearly half of Londoners don’t realise how bad child poverty actually is: ‘Deeply concerning’

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless
Transport

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Rent controls

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’
Housing crisis

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’
Housing

Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?

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London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
Housing crisis

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say
Grenfell Tower

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Labour MP and self-professed ‘renters champion’ Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats
Renting

Labour MP and self-professed ‘renters champion’ Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats