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Oxford Street will go car-free for one day. We should pedestrianise central London all-year-round
Oxford Street

Oxford Street will go car-free for one day. We should pedestrianise central London all-year-round

Oxford Street has an appalling road casualty record and illegal levels of air pollution. Banning cars is the answer.

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

Homelessness is on the rise all around the UK. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from ‘corporate greed and exploitative capitalism’
independent cafes

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from ‘corporate greed and exploitative capitalism’

UK high streets and open spaces are becoming increasingly dominated by chain stores, pushing independent operators out. Campaigners fear ‘homogenisation’

Don’t believe what people are saying about London – it’s much safer than when I was a kid
Sam Delaney

Don’t believe what people are saying about London – it’s much safer than when I was a kid

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?
Homelessness

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?

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Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers
Homelessness

Tarot, Thames and the Red Arrows: This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030

Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters
Homelessness

Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters

I bought Brixton Academy for £1
Live music

I bought Brixton Academy for £1

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
Books

Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’

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’

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renting

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Food banks

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Rough Sleeping

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

Mum’s fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: ‘It makes me feel hopeless’
Social housing

Mum’s fury after baby son is bitten by bed bugs in London horror home: ‘It makes me feel hopeless’

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My Master Builder review – it’s the women who shine in Ewan McGregor’s West End return
Theatre

My Master Builder review – it’s the women who shine in Ewan McGregor’s West End return

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point
Rough sleeping

These activists are putting parking tickets on homeless tents to make an important point

I’ve been priced out of living in London – it shouldn’t take extraordinary luck just to live here
David Kingsley

I’ve been priced out of living in London – it shouldn’t take extraordinary luck just to live here