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Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
Despite government programmes to eradicate homelessness, the numbers keep going up. It’s time to get serious
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023
Experts worry about a looming crisis of homelessness. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know.
Could a rent freeze be on the way?

Could a rent freeze be on the way?
Scotland’s rent freeze may have been downgraded to a rent cap but will a form of rent controls follow in London and other parts of the UK?
Scotland aims to cut car use by creating ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ in net zero push
Scotland aims to cut car use by creating ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ in net zero push
‘Scandalous’: Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow
‘Scandalous’: Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow
William Wall-Ice and Carrie Bradthaw: Meet Scotland’s punny gritter trucks fighting the snow

William Wall-Ice and Carrie Bradthaw: Meet Scotland’s punny gritter trucks fighting the snow
What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland

What impact would a rent freeze have? Just ask tenants in Scotland
Inside Nicola Sturgeon’s operation to win European support for Scottish independence

Inside Nicola Sturgeon’s operation to win European support for Scottish independence
Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time
Scotland introduces rent freeze and eviction ban to protect tenants from cost of living crisis

Scotland introduces rent freeze and eviction ban to protect tenants from cost of living crisis
Top 5 books on Scotland’s witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Top 5 books on Scotland’s witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills
‘Completely unprecedented’: Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction

‘Completely unprecedented’: Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction
Michael Gove interview: Scottish independence ‘would be vandalism’

Michael Gove interview: Scottish independence ‘would be vandalism’
Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze

Scottish government accused of failing tenants by voting down rent freeze
Police accused of using ‘fear tactic’ after arrested climate activist banned from protests

Police accused of using ‘fear tactic’ after arrested climate activist banned from protests
School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!
Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world
Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
‘Sufficient appetite’ to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland

‘Sufficient appetite’ to explore reintroduction of lynx to Scotland
Yoga for cooped-up kids gets a boost with Big Issue funding

Yoga for cooped-up kids gets a boost with Big Issue funding
Thousands attend cost of living protests in cities across the UK

Thousands attend cost of living protests in cities across the UK
‘My entire life is in that house’: 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik

‘My entire life is in that house’: 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik
New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country’s homelessness crisis
