Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: 'I couldn't understand it'
Ian Meldrum
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: 'I couldn't understand it'

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class
A city square filled with bar tables
Urban design

How gentrification and hostile architecture have pushed out the working class

'I had to do something': Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around
Justice system

'I had to do something': Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out
Illustration of a hypodermic needle
Fight for justice

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out

Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland
Hunger crisis

Community Fridge Fund: How selfless volunteers are tackling food waste and hunger in Scotland

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge

What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all
Climate change minister Julie James has laid out plans to end homelessness in Wales
Homelessness

What we can learn from Wales' 'world-leading' plan to end homelessness once and for all

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities
Skyline illustration
Town planning

European cafe culture and green, public spaces: A look at the not-too-distant future of UK cities

Single and stuck: Cost of living crisis forcing exes to live together after breaking up
Housing

Single and stuck: Cost of living crisis forcing exes to live together after breaking up

Renters 'age faster' than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed
renters are ageing faster than homeowners
Renting

Renters 'age faster' than homeowners, according to science – but effects can be reversed

Government in waiting or same old Labour? What we learned from Keir Starmer and party conference
Labour Party

Government in waiting or same old Labour? What we learned from Keir Starmer and party conference

What is a People's House? The demand made by Keir Starmer's glittery conference protester
Keir Starmer, People's House
Democracy

What is a People's House? The demand made by Keir Starmer's glittery conference protester

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It's a much bigger problem than anyone thinks
women's rough sleeping
Homelessness

Women who are sleeping rough are often hidden. It's a much bigger problem than anyone thinks

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets
domestic abuse homeless
Domestic abuse

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets

Rachel Reeves' plan to 'rebuild Britain' applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?
Rachel Reeves
Labour

Rachel Reeves' plan to 'rebuild Britain' applauded by experts – but can Labour offer real change?

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction
End Housing Insecurity Now
End Housing Insecurity Now

Unpaid carer on universal credit rejected from renting 100 properties after no-fault eviction

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's what would happen if Prince William opened up royal palaces to homeless people
Prince William launches Homewards
Homelessness

Here's what would happen if Prince William opened up royal palaces to homeless people

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius
Fitting measures like solar panels can be monetised using carbon credits
Environment

Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it's genius

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say
Goldsmith Street in Norwich has been held up as a good example of social housing to tackle the housing crisis and end homelessness
Housing crisis

Building more social and affordable housing could save taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, academics say

Why you've nothing to fear from 15-minute cities despite Tory scaremongering
15 minute cities
15-minute cities

Why you've nothing to fear from 15-minute cities despite Tory scaremongering