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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

Priti Patel authorises three year visas for Ukrainian surrogates
nationality and borders bill
Ukraine crisis

Priti Patel authorises three year visas for Ukrainian surrogates

The UK's first LGBTQ+ shelter needs a new home
LGBTQ+

The UK's first LGBTQ+ shelter needs a new home

What do recycling symbols actually mean - and what can I recycle?
Recycling

What do recycling symbols actually mean - and what can I recycle?

How does the Homes for Ukraine scheme work?
Blue and yellow Ukrainian flags fly outside Downing Street as hundreds protest the invasion by Russia
Ukraine Crisis

How does the Homes for Ukraine scheme work?

Andy Burnham has announced a £2 cap on bus fares in Manchester - and urged other areas to follow suit
News

Andy Burnham has announced a £2 cap on bus fares in Manchester - and urged other areas to follow suit

Sisters Uncut set off 1,000 rape alarms during a protest at Charing Cross police station
Violence Against Women

Sisters Uncut set off 1,000 rape alarms during a protest at Charing Cross police station

Gig economy platform Upwork is the latest company allowing users to support Ukrainians
Ukraine crisis

Gig economy platform Upwork is the latest company allowing users to support Ukrainians

What would happen if you lost your internet access overnight? We asked the public
Digital Inclusion

What would happen if you lost your internet access overnight? We asked the public

Protesters occupy Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's London mansion
Ukraine crisis

Protesters occupy Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's London mansion

Labour Party told to commit to making decent housing a human right
Labour leader Keir Starmer stnads at a lectern at Labour conference in 2019
Housing

Labour Party told to commit to making decent housing a human right

'These people have been failed': A day in the life of a food bank coping with crisis
Foodbank volunteers
Cost of living crisis

'These people have been failed': A day in the life of a food bank coping with crisis

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media - and why they are wrong
homelessness
Homelessness

Six lies the far-right tell about homeless people on social media - and why they are wrong

The Twitter bot creators who called out the hypocrisy of companies' International Women's Day posts
The brains behind the bot, Francesca Lawson and Ali Fensome
Digital culture

The Twitter bot creators who called out the hypocrisy of companies' International Women's Day posts

Children of deported people are developing PTSD and depression, report finds
Deportations

Children of deported people are developing PTSD and depression, report finds

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Met Police acted unlawfully in trying to ban Sarah Everard vigil, court finds
sarah everard vigil
Violence Against Women

Met Police acted unlawfully in trying to ban Sarah Everard vigil, court finds

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove's cladding crisis plan, MPs warn
cladding Justin Welby
Building Safety

Some leaseholders will still face huge bills under Michael Gove's cladding crisis plan, MPs warn

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’
rough sleeping
homelessness

Home Office rough sleeping scheme ‘put people in danger of detention and deportation’

How Hungarians are welcoming refugees from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine Crisis

How Hungarians are welcoming refugees from Ukraine