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Watch Louis Theroux get on his bike for refugees with one of our Changemakers
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Watch Louis Theroux get on his bike for refugees with one of our Changemakers

Is Bach really back nearly three centuries after his death?
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Is Bach really back nearly three centuries after his death?

Changemakers: 'Cancer on Board' badges humanise the struggle of cancer
Activism

Changemakers: 'Cancer on Board' badges humanise the struggle of cancer

This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery
Car wash hero
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This app is aiming to help car washes to clean up their act on modern slavery

Brexit will stop landlords renting to EU nationals under Right to Rent scheme
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
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Brexit will stop landlords renting to EU nationals under Right to Rent scheme

Funeral poverty: Can you afford to die?
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Funeral poverty: Can you afford to die?

Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink
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Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink

DWP publishes Universal Credit damage report 18 months later
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DWP publishes Universal Credit damage report 18 months later

Rural areas with pupils on free school meals get lower exam results
School child
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Rural areas with pupils on free school meals get lower exam results

Online tool aims to help reunite missing homeless people with loved ones
Housing

Online tool aims to help reunite missing homeless people with loved ones

Vendor City Guide: Oxford, England
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Vendor City Guide: Oxford, England

UK charity launches first ever radio station for the homeless
Housing

UK charity launches first ever radio station for the homeless

Rutger Bregman: 'Poverty is not a personality defect. We need a basic income'
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Rutger Bregman: 'Poverty is not a personality defect. We need a basic income'

Councils doubt government will hit target of ending rough sleeping by 2027
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Councils doubt government will hit target of ending rough sleeping by 2027

A Tower Hamlets teacher's book donation network for cash-strapped schools
Activism

A Tower Hamlets teacher's book donation network for cash-strapped schools

Short prison terms should be scrapped to tackle violence in jails, MPs say
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Short prison terms should be scrapped to tackle violence in jails, MPs say

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Are foodbanks making Britain's hunger crisis worse?
Foodbank housing quiz
Social Justice

Are foodbanks making Britain's hunger crisis worse?

Fact/Fiction: Is the EU committing daylight robbery by scrapping BST?
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Fact/Fiction: Is the EU committing daylight robbery by scrapping BST?

Hey Girls launches playing cards to get pupils talking about periods
Social Justice

Hey Girls launches playing cards to get pupils talking about periods

Musicians' Union report finds music is being squeezed out of the curriculum
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Musicians' Union report finds music is being squeezed out of the curriculum