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Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'

Water bills will go up again on April 1. Pensioners like Judith are already feeling the pinch, rationing showers and laundry loads.
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

More than 100 million children at risk in Middle East conflict, charity fears
War Child in Gaza
Middle East

More than 100 million children at risk in Middle East conflict, charity fears

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?
Energy bills

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?

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'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Stock image of tents on the side of a road
Homelessness

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis
Eastbourne councillor Peter Diplock outside The Salvation Army
Homelessness

How Eastbourne became the face of England's temporary accommodation crisis

Reform UK says churches are being turned into mosques. Is it true?
An empty church
Reform UK

Reform UK says churches are being turned into mosques. Is it true?

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too
Society

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Sarah, a kinship carer who took in her two-year-old nephew.
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets
a homeless man sleeping rough
Homelessness

Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness
empty homes in Bradford
Empty homes

Labour urged to come up with plan to fill 300,000 empty homes to tackle homelessness

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
hob
Energy bills

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban
Reform UK Richard Tice
RENTING

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'
Isobel
Menopause

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
Cara Roughani and her son Jayden.
SEND

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic
Nuuk in Greenland
homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
Children in a classroom
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Gaby and David Boast and their daughter Nellie.
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?
Politics

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
The hosts of Autism Dadcast, Gaz Hitchin (left) and Andy Williams (right).
SEND

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today
Vote Leave bus on Brexit campaign
Brexit

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
Sara and her daughter Ava.
SEND

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Elizabeth Padilla
SEND

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support