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Labour pledges billions to ‘get Britain building’ amid housebuilding slump
Housebuilding

Labour pledges billions to ‘get Britain building’ amid housebuilding slump

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’
Homelessness

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food
Food poverty

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much
Renting

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’
Benefits

Keir Starmer’s pledge on benefits ‘deepens stigma’ and leads to ‘fear and shame’

Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
Music

Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’

Mum-of-three hit with ‘revenge eviction’ after asking for repairs: ‘It felt like the end of the world’
Renting

Mum-of-three hit with ‘revenge eviction’ after asking for repairs: ‘It felt like the end of the world’

Housing minister admits Labour’s 1.5 million homes promise will be ‘more difficult than expected’
Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour’s 1.5 million homes promise will be ‘more difficult than expected’

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need ‘bold’ thinking to bring it back down
Inflation

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need ‘bold’ thinking to bring it back down

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Big Issue’s social investment arm reaching 1.8 million Brits through investees
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue’s social investment arm reaching 1.8 million Brits through investees

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’
Artificial Intelligence

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions ‘dangerously’ rationing heating
Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions ‘dangerously’ rationing heating

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Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
Music

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’

‘Punitive’ asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: ‘It’s fuelling injustice’
Homelessness

‘Punitive’ asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: ‘It’s fuelling injustice’

Renters’ Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high