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This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade
hastings house prices
House prices

This seaside town has seen the highest rise in house prices over the last decade

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee opened last year in Liverpool to give homeless people free food
Homelessness

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks

Low confidence is stopping young people from working. Can Amazon and Barnardo's help?
An employee places a package into a distribution box at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfilment center in Kegworth, U.K., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.
recruitment

Low confidence is stopping young people from working. Can Amazon and Barnardo's help?

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women
Iceland Food Club
Food poverty

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution
Lizzie Carr, founder of Planet Patrol, sitting on a paddle board
Water pollution

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says
sewage

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says

Would you pay to insulate your home to tackle climate change?
Installing insulation is a way to insulate homes and tackle climate change and rising energy bills
Climate crisis

Would you pay to insulate your home to tackle climate change?

What do the UK government's 'Green Day' policies mean for net zero?
electric car charging
Environment

What do the UK government's 'Green Day' policies mean for net zero?

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable
london housing
Housing

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable

Renters who complain are twice as likely to be evicted by their landlord
renters face eviction for complaining
RENTING

Renters who complain are twice as likely to be evicted by their landlord

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?
Bank notes of currencies from around the world
Minimum wage

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for
cost of living

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy
seed libraries/ communities
Cost of living crisis

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals
Free school meals/ universal credit
Free school meals

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals

Britain needs 'state-owned energy champion', shadow climate secretary Ed Miliband says
Renewable energy

Britain needs 'state-owned energy champion', shadow climate secretary Ed Miliband says

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade
social homes like Kentmere Tower in Birmingham England
Social housing

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance
Dermot Jones at the Fixing Factory in Camden fixing a toaster and a lamp
The Fixing Factory

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes
Pollution

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’
Rough Sleeping

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’

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