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UK lost 16% of grassroots music venues over the last year: ‘It’s a full-blown crisis’
Venue Watch news

UK lost 16% of grassroots music venues over the last year: ‘It’s a full-blown crisis’

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill ‘pushing refugees to homelessness’
Homeless refugees

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill ‘pushing refugees to homelessness’

Music icon Eddy Grant recalls leaving Mick Jagger jaw dropped at height of fame
Music

Music icon Eddy Grant recalls leaving Mick Jagger jaw dropped at height of fame

UK film and TV workers forced to find new jobs and claim benefits due to Hollywood strikes
Hollywood strikes

UK film and TV workers forced to find new jobs and claim benefits due to Hollywood strikes

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: ‘Will we ever see it again?’
End Housing Insecurity Now

Fury as Tories yet again delay much-needed Renters Reform Bill: ‘Will we ever see it again?’

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic
Housing

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes
Homelessness

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: ‘It’s a must-have’
Education

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: ‘It’s a must-have’

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer

How Prince William ended up buying lunch for Big Issue vendor Karl Burns: ‘He was a lovely bloke’
Big Issue vendors

How Prince William ended up buying lunch for Big Issue vendor Karl Burns: ‘He was a lovely bloke’

‘You need food to survive’: London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all
Free school meals

‘You need food to survive’: London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all

‘The art of resistance’: Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition
Art

‘The art of resistance’: Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition

Refugee women and children being made homeless due to ‘inhumane’ new Home Office policy
Social Justice

Refugee women and children being made homeless due to ‘inhumane’ new Home Office policy

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
Cost of Living

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi’s Removals stunt
End Housing Insecurity Now

Big Issue urges prime minister to protect renters with bold Rishi’s Removals stunt

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Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate
Disability benefits

Disabled people face ‘harrowing’ and ‘inhumane’ benefits assessments, MPs warn in Westminster debate

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics
Environment

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax
Wealth Tax

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax

DWP forcing jobseekers to apply for roles they’re ‘entirely unsuitable for’, research finds
Barriers to work

DWP forcing jobseekers to apply for roles they’re ‘entirely unsuitable for’, research finds