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Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think
Homelessness

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think

‘Rail against the pain’: Shane MacGowan’s most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music
Music

‘Rail against the pain’: Shane MacGowan’s most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music

‘Shameful’ housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

‘Shameful’ housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation

Food bank appeals for donations with ‘joyous’ remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas

Food bank appeals for donations with ‘joyous’ remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas

Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
homelessness

Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day

Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer
Prisons

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer

One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be ‘turned away’ this Christmas
Rough sleeping

One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be ‘turned away’ this Christmas

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor John McIntyre who died at 69: ‘He was a good egg’
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor John McIntyre who died at 69: ‘He was a good egg’

‘Hostile architecture’ appears outside hospital where rough sleepers’ tents were destroyed
Homelessness

‘Hostile architecture’ appears outside hospital where rough sleepers’ tents were destroyed

Net migration to UK hit record high in 2022, new figures show – with ‘strong public support’
Migration

Net migration to UK hit record high in 2022, new figures show – with ‘strong public support’

Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’
Music

Meet Museum of Homelessness poet Surfing Sofas: ‘There’s a special kind of love on the streets’

‘Five friends influence government’ as UK inches closer to compulsory domestic abuse lessons
Education

‘Five friends influence government’ as UK inches closer to compulsory domestic abuse lessons

‘Meltdown averted for now’: Grassroots music venues’ relief at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
venue watch

‘Meltdown averted for now’: Grassroots music venues’ relief at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces raise in local housing allowance for first time in three years
Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces raise in local housing allowance for first time in three years

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions
End Housing Insecurity Now

Teacher forced to sleep rough at Heathrow Airport calls on government to ban no-fault evictions

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Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis

Benefits claimants to lose free NHS prescriptions if they refuse work: ‘We will take your benefits away’
Benefits

Benefits claimants to lose free NHS prescriptions if they refuse work: ‘We will take your benefits away’

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates ‘a second chance’
Prisons

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates ‘a second chance’

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’
Rough sleeping

‘People’s tents are being taken away’: Charities condemn new powers to criminalise ‘nuisance rough sleeping’