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Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Number of people living on the street in London is highest since 2019

Meta: Facebook's new name has been torn to pieces online
A Facebook logo on a screen
News

Meta: Facebook's new name has been torn to pieces online

Street papers call on world leaders to put climate justice first at COP26
Environment

Street papers call on world leaders to put climate justice first at COP26

UK urges nations to end fossil fuel extraction - while planning 40 projects at home
Environment

UK urges nations to end fossil fuel extraction - while planning 40 projects at home

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget
Rishi Sunak leaving No 10 Downing Street. Charities said he is doing too little for refugees
Politics

Ministers ‘happy to spend millions on drones’ but ignore refugees in Budget

'We must act now': The number of households threatened with homelessness doubled after lockdown
homelessness eviction
Housing

'We must act now': The number of households threatened with homelessness doubled after lockdown

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget
Universal credit claimants will keep 45p for every £1 they earn at work, starting in December.
Social Justice

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget

This map shows which UK cities are most ambitious on climate change
Environment

This map shows which UK cities are most ambitious on climate change

Yes, Rishi Sunak has made domestic flights cheaper just before COP26
Environment

Yes, Rishi Sunak has made domestic flights cheaper just before COP26

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech
Rishi Sunak, who is making universal credit changes, making an announcement with a union flag behind him
Politics

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech

Rishi Sunak said homelessness funding is increasing. It's actually being cut
Tents in Butler Place in London, ont far from the houses of parliament
News

Rishi Sunak said homelessness funding is increasing. It's actually being cut

Leaseholders caught up in cladding crisis call for homegrown solution to sky-high bills
Housing

Leaseholders caught up in cladding crisis call for homegrown solution to sky-high bills

Big Issue vendor Dave Martin is showing off his art work in a London exhibition
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin
News

Big Issue vendor Dave Martin is showing off his art work in a London exhibition

Revealed: Only five G20 countries have clear plans for reaching net zero by 2050
Environment

Revealed: Only five G20 countries have clear plans for reaching net zero by 2050

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit
Employment

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009

Kent Tories slammed over universal credit cut 'sweepstake'
Kent Cllr Paul Bartlett, who revealed Tory councillors had organised a sweepstake as to when the universal credit cut would be mentioned at a town hall meeting.
Politics

Kent Tories slammed over universal credit cut 'sweepstake'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rachel Riley: 'Every country is going to benefit from a strong opposition'
Rachel Riley, photo: Alan Strutt
Politics

Rachel Riley: 'Every country is going to benefit from a strong opposition'

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
digital inclusion
Social Justice

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit
Cleaner sweeps the floor inside an office building
Employment

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit

BAME social entrepreneurs are booming but struggle for funding
Two black women look at a laptop together
Activism

BAME social entrepreneurs are booming but struggle for funding

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