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Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough
Environment

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough

'The King slipped me a tenner': King Charles buys copy of Big Issue with his portrait on the cover
King Charles III

'The King slipped me a tenner': King Charles buys copy of Big Issue with his portrait on the cover

Map shows where you can find a warm bank near you this winter
warm banks/ hands reaching for warmth
Cost of living crisis

Map shows where you can find a warm bank near you this winter

Rough sleepers left 'scared and disgusted' after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers left 'scared and disgusted' after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital

We grilled new children's minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn't go well
children's minister
Exclusive

We grilled new children's minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn't go well

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
refugee homeless, Emma Roddick
Exclusive

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister

DWP plans for 'welfare cuts' slammed as 'utter evil' by disability campaigners
disabled person
Welfare reforms

DWP plans for 'welfare cuts' slammed as 'utter evil' by disability campaigners

'Yet more chaos': 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle
Rachel Maclean, social rent
Housing

'Yet more chaos': 15th housing minister axed since 2010 in cabinet reshuffle

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change
Politics

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in 'shocking attack'
Crime

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in 'shocking attack'

Suella Braverman sacked: From deporting migrants to demonising homeless people, this is her rotten legacy
Suella Braverman
Politics

Suella Braverman sacked: From deporting migrants to demonising homeless people, this is her rotten legacy

Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after targeting police and rough sleepers
Suella Braverman
Politics

Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after targeting police and rough sleepers

Coronation Food Project: How King Charles plans to 'tackle food waste and food need'
King Charles in Black and White
King Charles

Coronation Food Project: How King Charles plans to 'tackle food waste and food need'

No, banning no-fault evictions will not hurt renters – here's proof
no-fault evictions
RENTING

No, banning no-fault evictions will not hurt renters – here's proof

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces
Manchester's Gay Village. Image: Shikhar Talwar
Racism

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces

King Charles III appears on Big Issue magazine cover to launch food poverty project
King Charles in Black and White
World Exclusive

King Charles III appears on Big Issue magazine cover to launch food poverty project

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: 'This is disgusting'
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: 'This is disgusting'

Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people
Exclusive

Ex-hostage Sir Terry Waite on Hamas victims and how captivity shaped his empathy for homeless people

Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 
palestine protest, armistice day
Exclusive

Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 

No-fault evictions soar in England as situation for renters 'set to become even more bleak'
renters facing a no-fault eviction
Renting

No-fault evictions soar in England as situation for renters 'set to become even more bleak'

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