London

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden’s historic high street: ‘It’s a force for change’
Art

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden’s historic high street: ‘It’s a force for change’

Camden Open Air Gallery aims to keep Camden as a place for outsiders, creators and risk-takers. Finn Brewster Doherty explains how

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

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

Inside London’s longest-running squat: ‘It was a really extraordinary community’
Photography

Inside London’s longest-running squat: ‘It was a really extraordinary community’

Janine Wiedel’s photos of St Agnes Place, which will be published in a new book in March, paint a vivid picture of a way of life that was already disappearing

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show
Theatre

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs
Richard Sharp

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs

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Unemployment is on the rise in London. Should the rest of the UK be worried?
Ben Harrison

Unemployment is on the rise in London. Should the rest of the UK be worried?

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird: My 80th birthday message
John Bird

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird: My 80th birthday message

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping
Emma Haddad

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’
Homelessness

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there
Homelessness

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there

Britain would be nicer if people lived more like Paddington, says musical writer Jessica Swale
Paddington

Britain would be nicer if people lived more like Paddington, says musical writer Jessica Swale

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
Christmas

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
homelessness

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it
Julie Adams

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it

Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days
Drug deaths

Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

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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

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

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’