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Family with two young children faces being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration: 'It's wrong'
Family with two young children faces being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration: 'It's wrong'
'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping
'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping
'We can't stay here forever': What's it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
'We can't stay here forever': What's it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
Prince William stuns shoppers with surprise Tesco visit to sell Big Issue with our man Dave
Prince William stuns shoppers with surprise Tesco visit to sell Big Issue with our man Dave
'Poverty is killing children': How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
'Poverty is killing children': How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
Home Office's screeching halt on new refugee eviction policy, explained
Home Office's screeching halt on new refugee eviction policy, explained
Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery
Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery
Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film
Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film
Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you'd think
Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you'd think
Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts
Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts
'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis
Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis
Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'
Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'
Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she's 'speaking out for her tribe'
Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she's 'speaking out for her tribe'
'Shameful' housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation
'Shameful' housing crisis leaves almost 140,000 children living in temporary accommodation
Food bank appeals for donations with 'joyous' remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas
Food bank appeals for donations with 'joyous' remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas
Tories yet again fail to hit housebuilding target – and it's only going to get worse, experts say
Tories yet again fail to hit housebuilding target – and it's only going to get worse, experts say
All the ways the government's childcare plans will help richer parents and hurt the poor
All the ways the government's childcare plans will help richer parents and hurt the poor
Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas
