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Meet the couple making their own Euro 2020 sticker album for charity
News

Meet the couple making their own Euro 2020 sticker album for charity

'When I’m inside, the walls start closing in'
Housing

'When I’m inside, the walls start closing in'

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out
Housing

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family
Environment

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Politics

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Boris Johnson told parliament there were fewer children in poverty now compared to a decade ago.
Social Justice

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 
Boris Johnson honeymoon
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Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’
More than five million people have now had their settled status applications approved, the government said. settled status deadline
Politics

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’

‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers
The women were moved into the unit in January, with some forced to leave one and two bedroom flats in their communities. asylum seekers
News

‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
rough sleeping
Housing

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy
Increasing numbers are being impacted by redundancy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image credit: Pxhere
Employment

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials
Most fast fashion brands are focusing their environmental efforts on making clothes from single-use plastic bottles instead of virgin polyester, but the researchers dubbed it a “false solution.
Environment

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials

Is a universal basic income 'too expensive' for the UK?
universal basic income
Employment

Is a universal basic income 'too expensive' for the UK?

The holiday’s over, but who are the stamp duty winners and losers?
Who did the stamp duty holiday really benefit?
Housing

The holiday’s over, but who are the stamp duty winners and losers?

Two-thirds of UK voters want more long-term thinking from politicians
Future generations
Politics

Two-thirds of UK voters want more long-term thinking from politicians

Services ending holiday hunger 'must be open to any child' who needs them
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Services ending holiday hunger 'must be open to any child' who needs them

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'£50 million bill' for businesses as government's furlough scheme winds down
Government's furlough scheme coming to an end
Environment

'£50 million bill' for businesses as government's furlough scheme winds down

The black and white issue of climate suffering
Environment

The black and white issue of climate suffering

Scotland’s first Black academic on why we shouldn't remove offending statues
Social Justice

Scotland’s first Black academic on why we shouldn't remove offending statues

A sense of security is the key to thriving communities
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A sense of security is the key to thriving communities