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Michael Gove U-turns on promise to ban no-fault evictions before general election
RENTING

Michael Gove U-turns on promise to ban no-fault evictions before general election

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins in criticism of weakened Renters Reform Bill
Press Release

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins in criticism of weakened Renters Reform Bill

No-fault evictions will be scrapped ‘in name only’ under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn
RENTING

No-fault evictions will be scrapped ‘in name only’ under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: ‘We need to end short-termism to fix the housing crisis’
Housing crisis

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: ‘We need to end short-termism to fix the housing crisis’

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive
Press Release

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: ‘She visits me in my dreams – it’s lovely’
Mental health

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: ‘She visits me in my dreams – it’s lovely’

UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: ‘We need change’
Social housing

UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: ‘We need change’

Labour unveils plan for new housing on ‘ugly grey belt land’. But is Starmer going far enough?
Housing crisis

Labour unveils plan for new housing on ‘ugly grey belt land’. But is Starmer going far enough?

Renting reforms risk ‘trapping’ victims of domestic violence with abusers, government warned
RENTING

Renting reforms risk ‘trapping’ victims of domestic violence with abusers, government warned

‘It’s a choice between dinner and devices’: Millions of children held back by digital poverty
Exclusive

‘It’s a choice between dinner and devices’: Millions of children held back by digital poverty

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
Disabilities

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person
Benefits

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: ‘I’m always in fight or flight’
RENTING

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: ‘I’m always in fight or flight’

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn
Benefits

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn

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‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness
Homelessness

‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’
Rough sleeping

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories