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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

David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens’ epic novel
Theatre

David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens’ epic novel

A new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield is showing at the Jermyn Street Theatre this festive season

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

Newham Council, with the largest social housing wait list in the country, has lost tens of millions trying to buy back ex-Right to Buy homes

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’
Football

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’

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More than 4,700 people are homeless on London’s streets: ‘The situation is terrible’
Homelessness

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London’s streets: ‘The situation is terrible’

Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’
Housing

Family trapped in damp and mouldy horror home for 10 years: ‘This family is owed respect’

Should we be scared of the crime all around us? The truth is, it’s safer than you think
Crime statistics

Should we be scared of the crime all around us? The truth is, it’s safer than you think

How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: ‘People can rebuild their lives’
War

How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: ‘People can rebuild their lives’

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton
World Homeless Day

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Benefits

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’

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

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’

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

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?

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’

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The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Regeneration

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

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