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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
Carla Alderman and her son Cameron, who have been supported by Sense. Image: Sense
Disabled children

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war

'Hidden crisis' of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here's one way to fix it
a man in a tent in the woods
Homelessness

'Hidden crisis' of rural homelessness needs urgent attention – here's one way to fix it

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues
Residents on the Nags Head estate. Image: Andy Parsons
Housing

Mouldy homes on London estate leaves dozens of tenants with serious health issues

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts
disability benefits cuts protest
Disability benefits

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts

Blind people feel 'anxious and outraged' over Labour's benefit cuts: 'I'm struggling as it is'
Disability benefits

Blind people feel 'anxious and outraged' over Labour's benefit cuts: 'I'm struggling as it is'

What do Trump's tariffs mean for UK mortgage rates and private rents?
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump
Housing

What do Trump's tariffs mean for UK mortgage rates and private rents?

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
banner that says 'What Now?'
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: 'It's a national scandal'
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Social housing

Over 100-year wait for family-sized social home in some parts of England: 'It's a national scandal'

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country

Fossil fuel industries 'worried' after clean energy powered 40% of world's electricity needs in 2024
Clean energy

Fossil fuel industries 'worried' after clean energy powered 40% of world's electricity needs in 2024

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: 'We're getting a raw deal'
house keys being passed between hands of renters and landlord
Renting

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: 'We're getting a raw deal'

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer
Donald Trump giving a speech with his hands either side of his face
Global Recession

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer

'We want people to feel welcome': Inside the UK's only homeless shelter for trans people
Asylum seekers

'We want people to feel welcome': Inside the UK's only homeless shelter for trans people

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
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Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

Our children are in prison for murders they did not commit. We're fighting to change the law
Sally Halsall, the mother of Alex Henry, who is in prison for murder under the joint enterprise doctrine. Image: Supplied
Criminal justice

Our children are in prison for murders they did not commit. We're fighting to change the law

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'
Big Issue Ambassadors

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: 'We're in a fight'

Labour is 'missing a trick' by not taxing housing wealth, expert says
UK houses from above
Housing

Labour is 'missing a trick' by not taxing housing wealth, expert says

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