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Meet Ethical Unicorn, the Instagram activist making waves about climate change
Ethical Unicorn aka Francesca Willow
Influencers

Meet Ethical Unicorn, the Instagram activist making waves about climate change

Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for 'serious investment' in home building
Social housing

Social housing sales drop 30% as campaigners call for 'serious investment' in home building

A former homeless man is making NFTs to raise money for housing charity Shelter
NFT
Homelessness

A former homeless man is making NFTs to raise money for housing charity Shelter

More than 67,000 households needed help with homelessness in the summer
homelessness
Homelessness

More than 67,000 households needed help with homelessness in the summer

'An injustice and an outrage': MPs speak against 'draconian' Borders Bill outside parliament
Borders Bill

'An injustice and an outrage': MPs speak against 'draconian' Borders Bill outside parliament

Universal credit claimants will be forced to apply for more jobs or lose their benefits
universal credit
Universal Credit

Universal credit claimants will be forced to apply for more jobs or lose their benefits

Rents are rising at ‘the fastest rate on record’
Renting

Rents are rising at ‘the fastest rate on record’

Government plans to use nature to combat climate change are 'at severe risk of failure'
Two cows in a field.
Climate crisis

Government plans to use nature to combat climate change are 'at severe risk of failure'

Jack Monroe has helped ensure inflation measures will reflect the real cost of living
jack monroe cost of living
cost of living crisis

Jack Monroe has helped ensure inflation measures will reflect the real cost of living

Boris Johnson confirms he will resign if he discovers he misled parliament
PMQs, Boris Johnson
Partygate

Boris Johnson confirms he will resign if he discovers he misled parliament

Middlesex head's cricket comments show racism is 'endemic' in sport, say players
Racism in sport

Middlesex head's cricket comments show racism is 'endemic' in sport, say players

Benefit claimants have designed a system to replace the 'monstrous' universal credit
universal credit
welfare system

Benefit claimants have designed a system to replace the 'monstrous' universal credit

Sex workers reveal the shocking things police say when they report violence and harassment
Social Justice

Sex workers reveal the shocking things police say when they report violence and harassment

'Their voices can’t be ignored any longer': MPs to debate student's Climate Education Bill
Student Scarlett Westbrook (L) and Britain's youngest MP, Nadia Whittome (R)
Climate education

'Their voices can’t be ignored any longer': MPs to debate student's Climate Education Bill

Rent rises mean cost of living crisis will hit social housing tenants even harder
Cost of living crisis
Social housing

Rent rises mean cost of living crisis will hit social housing tenants even harder

Minister quits over Covid fraud ‘failure’ - here’s how that money could be spent
Lord Agnew fraud
Politics

Minister quits over Covid fraud ‘failure’ - here’s how that money could be spent

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Anti-gentrification campaigners see off developers to protect historic market street
Gentrification

Anti-gentrification campaigners see off developers to protect historic market street

Nusrat Ghani Islamophobia scandal ‘could put ethnic minority women off a career in politics’
Politics

Nusrat Ghani Islamophobia scandal ‘could put ethnic minority women off a career in politics’

The Met Police will now investigate the Downing Street parties, Cressida Dick announces
partygate
Politics

The Met Police will now investigate the Downing Street parties, Cressida Dick announces

Climate change, police violence, and benefits: The people taking the government to court
legacy benefits
Activism

Climate change, police violence, and benefits: The people taking the government to court