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A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called ‘world-leading’. Here’s why

The Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill has passed through the Senedd and will now become law. It promises to transform Wales’ homelessness system to focus on prevention

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation
Transport

Mayors urged to follow Andy Burnham in giving free bus passes to kids in temporary accommodation

Children living in temporary housing will get free school travel on Greater Manchester’s Bee Network buses later this year, Andy Burnham has announced. Campaigners want other areas to follow suit

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs
benefits

Access to Work delays double in four years leaving disabled people at risk of losing jobs

Surging demand is heaping pressure on Access to Work, a vital DWP scheme to help disabled people stay in work.

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Politics

Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Reading

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’

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Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

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

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
Renting

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

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Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza
Gaza

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’

Meet the inspirational 15-year-old girl with a plan to house homeless families: ‘I wanted to help’
Homelessness

Meet the inspirational 15-year-old girl with a plan to house homeless families: ‘I wanted to help’

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility
Housing

How the house price boom at the turn of the century slashed social mobility