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Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’
Housing

Revealed: Housing gentrification ‘costing low-income Londoners £80 a week’

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it’s still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants
Cost of living crisis

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it’s still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Prisons

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis

This doll’s house shows ‘grim reality’ of life for children in temporary accommodation
HOMELESSNESS

This doll’s house shows ‘grim reality’ of life for children in temporary accommodation

Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: ‘We are incredibly worried’
Winter fuel payment

Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: ‘We are incredibly worried’

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould
Technology

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘We’re supposed to be the party of government, not some mafiosi’
Politics

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘We’re supposed to be the party of government, not some mafiosi’

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a ‘bad place’: ‘I was doing all sorts of s**t’
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a ‘bad place’: ‘I was doing all sorts of s**t’

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’
Music

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
Housing crisis

London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester’s rough sleepers in ‘sea change for housing’

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway
Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly
Homelessness

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly

Big Issue founder John Bird’s debut novel optioned for screen adaptation
John Bird

Big Issue founder John Bird’s debut novel optioned for screen adaptation

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes
Grenfell Tower

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

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How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants