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'I am scared of being homeless': Residents protest over doubling of rents
property guardians protest
Renting

'I am scared of being homeless': Residents protest over doubling of rents

Child Q: Priti Patel urged to take 'urgent action' after police accused of stonewalling report
nationality and borders bill
Child Q

Child Q: Priti Patel urged to take 'urgent action' after police accused of stonewalling report

The government knew of P&O Ferries' mass sackings in advance but 'didn’t tell anyone'
Unions

The government knew of P&O Ferries' mass sackings in advance but 'didn’t tell anyone'

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives
homelessness ukraine
Ukraine Crisis

Inside a Kyiv homeless hostel with the frontline workers saving lives

10 things you should know about the government's new race equality strategy
Race equality

10 things you should know about the government's new race equality strategy

'I locked my flat in tears': The diary of one Ukrainian refugee's two-week journey to the UK
Ukraine Crisis

'I locked my flat in tears': The diary of one Ukrainian refugee's two-week journey to the UK

'My entire life is in that house': 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik
Glasgow housing hit by climate change
Housing

'My entire life is in that house': 100 families still locked out of homes two months after Storm Malik

Giant billboards in London point you towards your nearest Big Issue seller!
Louise on the big screen. Image: Chris Ward, Ocean Photographer
News

Giant billboards in London point you towards your nearest Big Issue seller!

Diane Abbott demands meeting with Hackney police after Black schoolgirl strip-searched
Child Q

Diane Abbott demands meeting with Hackney police after Black schoolgirl strip-searched

Rural locations deprioritised when housing Ukrainian refugees as more than 100,000 hosts apply
Ukraine
Ukraine crisis

Rural locations deprioritised when housing Ukrainian refugees as more than 100,000 hosts apply

Government's new ‘nature recovery’ strategy has no target for improving river pollution
River with bridge and church in background.
River pollution

Government's new ‘nature recovery’ strategy has no target for improving river pollution

'Some children haven't learnt to crawl': New report reveals impact of pandemic on society
Covid-19

'Some children haven't learnt to crawl': New report reveals impact of pandemic on society

'The invisible environmental disaster': Why food waste matters - and how to avoid it
Food waste

'The invisible environmental disaster': Why food waste matters - and how to avoid it

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe flies home after being detained in Iran for six years
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe flies home after being detained in Iran for six years

Over 100 UK firms are stepping up to hire Ukraine refugees
Ukraine Crisis

Over 100 UK firms are stepping up to hire Ukraine refugees

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’
rent
Renting

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The government’s net zero failures have left the door wide open for sceptics
Two electric cars plugged into charging points
Sarah Wilson

The government’s net zero failures have left the door wide open for sceptics

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer
Ukraine
Ukraine crisis

Could refugees be housed in the seized mansions of Russian oligarchs? We asked a lawyer

Homelessness charity launches 'pay-it-forward' café
Photo of Social Bite cafe, with London bus in front
Homelessness

Homelessness charity launches 'pay-it-forward' café

Fresh calls to ban zero hour contracts as a third of workers are given just days’ notice of shifts
A higher proportion of UK employees work at night now than has ever been recorded
Zero hour contracts

Fresh calls to ban zero hour contracts as a third of workers are given just days’ notice of shifts

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