Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
The long-awaited strategy sets out how Labour aims to get public services to work together to prevent homelessness. But frontline organisations worry it won’t be ambitious enough
More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?
More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?
Comedian Suzi Ruffell: ‘Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other’s humanity’
Comedian Suzi Ruffell: ‘Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other’s humanity’
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UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
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Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
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Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
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My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer
My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change
Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
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Culture
Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
Jake Heggie’s opera tells the real-life story of Sister Helen Prejean and Joseph De Rocher, who formed an unlikely friendship while the latter was on death row
‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
Letter To My Younger Self
Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: ‘Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God’
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: ‘Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God’
Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
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‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Life
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that
We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that
Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’
Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’
Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
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Inside the Big Issue: Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody at 50
