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Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’

The new Immigration and Asylum Bill, if passed, could make those who have received support pay up to £10,000

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen
Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen

Experts fear that the number of children with mental health conditions has hit a crisis point, as a lack of funding and wider issues of poverty, housing and access to community support have hit some regions harder

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
Fuel Poverty

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty

Ofgem’s latest energy price cap comes into effect today with the households facing a £221 a year rise

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

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Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support
Baby banks

Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis
Artificial Intelligence

London’s data centres use 750,000 homes’ worth of electricity. It’s bad news for the housing crisis

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn
Homelessness

Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
Housing

A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
Youth unemployment

How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’

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Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’
Cost of living

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on
Grenfell

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’
Digital inclusion

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’