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Climate activists and celebrities team up for #CodeRedActNow anti-fossil fuel campaign
Climate crisis

Climate activists and celebrities team up for #CodeRedActNow anti-fossil fuel campaign

Energy bills could hit £3,000 a year after Ukraine invasion, government warned
Person turning knob on radiator.
Fuel poverty

Energy bills could hit £3,000 a year after Ukraine invasion, government warned

Government on course to repeat Afghanistan evacuation mistakes in Ukraine, MPs warn
afghanistan
ukraine invasion

Government on course to repeat Afghanistan evacuation mistakes in Ukraine, MPs warn

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country's homelessness crisis
Homelessness

New anthology featuring top Scottish writers highlights country's homelessness crisis

House price rises are finally slowing, say property experts
house prices
Housing

House price rises are finally slowing, say property experts

Sarah Everard: A 'Walk Her Home' march is taking place at Clapham Common
Image of flowers and placards at a vigil for Sarah Everard.
Violence Against Women

Sarah Everard: A 'Walk Her Home' march is taking place at Clapham Common

‘More people than ever’ are offering their homes to Ukrainian refugees, says UK charity
ukraine
ukraine invasion

‘More people than ever’ are offering their homes to Ukrainian refugees, says UK charity

Hospital cleaners and security guards win battle to be brought in-house as NHS employees
Strike action

Hospital cleaners and security guards win battle to be brought in-house as NHS employees

Quarter of social housing tenants can't afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds
social housing in London
Social Housing

Quarter of social housing tenants can't afford upcoming rent rise, survey finds

Diane Abbott accuses the government of 'waiting for the Windrush generation to die'
Windrush

Diane Abbott accuses the government of 'waiting for the Windrush generation to die'

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
food banks
Food banks

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

People are leaving fake Google reviews to tell Russians what’s really happening in Ukraine
Ukraine Invasion

People are leaving fake Google reviews to tell Russians what’s really happening in Ukraine

Ukrainian woman told to pay for mother to come to UK despite free visas pledge
Ukraine Invasion

Ukrainian woman told to pay for mother to come to UK despite free visas pledge

These are the four types of career switchers – which are you?
Jobs advice

These are the four types of career switchers – which are you?

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
children in poverty
child poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

The government vowed to tackle misogyny in schools. Teachers say little has changed
A banner at London's “97% March” in April 2021 reads 'educate your sons'.
Violence Against Women

The government vowed to tackle misogyny in schools. Teachers say little has changed

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands
Image of houses, were many tenants in the UK live in appalling conditions.
Social housing

Social housing: How one social enterprise is giving shelter to thousands

'We just don’t want Europe to leave us in this terrible situation': The view from the ground in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine Invasion

'We just don’t want Europe to leave us in this terrible situation': The view from the ground in Ukraine

MPs say the government has shown no 'real intention' of hitting its net zero target
Wind farm on a coast.
Climate crisis

MPs say the government has shown no 'real intention' of hitting its net zero target

Government ignores scientific advice to approve bee-harming pesticide
A bee on a plant.
Biodiversity

Government ignores scientific advice to approve bee-harming pesticide