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‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest
RENTING

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest

Scores of renters took to the streets on one of London’s biggest shopping days of the year to demand rent controls to cap sky-high rents

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Street performers face licensing nightmares, threatening their art and our public spaces. Advocates are calling for the protection of buskers to keep the streets alive

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

Office for National Statistics’ analysis shows house prices have increased twice as quickly as wages in England with the average home costing 8.6 years’ worth of typical household incomes

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

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

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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  

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

‘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

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

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

‘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’

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’
Homelessness

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’

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

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?

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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?

Here’s a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers
Photography

Here’s a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers