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One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
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Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support
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Pension credit

Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory
US president-elect Donald Trump
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory

'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
Mwenza Bell and one of her children
Big Community

'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'
a person sleeping on a dark street
Homelessness

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high
Renters could face a further wait to see no-fault evictions scrapped through Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill ‘can’t come soon enough’ as Section 21 eviction claims at eight-year high

Loss of physical bank branches leaving pensioners at 'greater risk of scams'
Row of banking buildings in Canary Wharf, London
Financial and digital inclusion

Loss of physical bank branches leaving pensioners at 'greater risk of scams'

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
John Bird, Big Issue vendors and support workers gather to celebrate the launch of Big Issue's Christmas appeal
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Media shot of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Employment

Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
a birds-eye view of someone sitting cross legged on a bed looking at bills // apply for a budgeting loan
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
a pile of pound coins on a white surface // unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
A plastic tubbed filled with food donations being passed across a table between people
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
homelessness

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it
Farming

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

'What gave them the right?': Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic
nigel
Disability rights

'What gave them the right?': Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Keir Starmer's COP 29 climate goals 'encouraging' – but 'serious action' needed now, experts say 
Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends COP29 in Azerbaijan
COP29

Keir Starmer's COP 29 climate goals 'encouraging' – but 'serious action' needed now, experts say 

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a rough sleeping inquiry
Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated
Artificial Intelligence

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?
Drug deaths

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?

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