Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
The government’s long-awaited child poverty strategy is set to be published in full on Friday (5 December). Here’s how the government plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty
GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: ‘Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs’
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: ‘Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs’
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What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
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
Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
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Nathan Dale, Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station
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Stewart Campbell, M&S Gallagher Retail Park, Dundee
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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
Opinion
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: ‘Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs’
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: ‘Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs’
Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
I love to paint, but it can’t cut me off from the world entirely
I love to paint, but it can’t cut me off from the world entirely
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Culture
In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin
In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin
In Michael Kenna’s black and white landscapes, snow becomes a veil that softens the world
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Letter To My Younger Self
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’
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
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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
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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