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Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes
Damp and mould campaigner Lisa Malyon with her daughter and son
Damp and mould

Woman hospitalised after living with mould sets up training academy to help fix horror homes

LIsa Malyon was hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia after discovering her home was riddled with damp and mould. Now she has launched the UK Centre for Mould Safety’s National Training Academy to help others
Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets
a man sleeping rough on the street
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing 'normalised emergency' on capital's streets

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?
Water

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?

Water bills are going up – again. Will they merely 'prop up a crumbling system?'
water bills

Water bills are going up – again. Will they merely 'prop up a crumbling system?'

The truth behind the 15-minute cities controversy in Oxford, explained
15-minute cities

The truth behind the 15-minute cities controversy in Oxford, explained

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I waded through a river of raw sewage to meet the man trying to save London's waterways
Water

I waded through a river of raw sewage to meet the man trying to save London's waterways

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
a UK street with a blue sky
Renting

'It's outrageous': Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard

How safe is your drinking water? Contamination notices surge 285% over five years
Water pollution

How safe is your drinking water? Contamination notices surge 285% over five years

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'
Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, speaking in parliament.
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

'Bickering between neighbours' but cash saved: What Labour's ground rent cap really means
service charges, flats, UK
Housing

'Bickering between neighbours' but cash saved: What Labour's ground rent cap really means

Is the £10 pint nearly here? Why drinks prices are going up
a barman serving a pint at the pub
Social Justice

Is the £10 pint nearly here? Why drinks prices are going up

How to fix the UK's broken water system
Water crisis

How to fix the UK's broken water system

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn
A child wearing a teddy bear backpack
Child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies
Britain's birds

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Floral tributes and messages have been left on 'Paul's bench' in Summertown, Oxford
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Starmer ties the UK's Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?
Prime minister Keir Starmer.
Politics

Starmer ties the UK's Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here's what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future