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Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it
Young people are at high risk of homelessness and exploitation.
Melissa Gilpin

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it

How can we expect services to respond when the data doesn’t even acknowledge that LGBTQ+ young people exist?
I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Lorna Tucker

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness
a person experiencing homelessness sleeping rough on the streets
John Glenton

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'
Rushanara Ali

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homelessness doesn't hibernate. But ending it could be a vote-winner for all politicians
people experiencing homelessness also face stigma
Matthew Torbitt

Homelessness doesn't hibernate. But ending it could be a vote-winner for all politicians

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
Paul McNamee

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all
a hand holding house keys
Alex Smith

Housing First must expand in 2025 to create a national homelessness strategy that works for all

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025
a person sleeping on a dark street
Bridget Young

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide
The Salvation Army worker with a man who has experienced homelessness
Nick Redmore

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home
person in the snow
Rose

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home

Keir Starmer: 'This Christmas I am pledging to make sure no one faces homelessness'
Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer: 'This Christmas I am pledging to make sure no one faces homelessness'

Kindness is needed to tackle homelessness – and not just at Christmas
Social Bite's tree of kindness in Edinburgh
Josh Littlejohn

Kindness is needed to tackle homelessness – and not just at Christmas

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we've moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we've moved with them

It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping
John Bird

It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping

Lebanon's crisis isn't just statistics. It's people's lives – and their stories matter
IRC medical centre in Lebanon
Zeina Zouein

Lebanon's crisis isn't just statistics. It's people's lives – and their stories matter

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 
John Bird

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless
Homeless deaths tribute
JESS TURTLE

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned
Craig Jones

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned

Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless
Pensioner Rob can't retire because he's renting
Joanna Elson

Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
James Rose

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

For many homeless people their relationship with their dog is lifesaving. Here's why
Harriet Page

For many homeless people their relationship with their dog is lifesaving. Here's why

Four things Labour's new taskforce must do immediately to end homelessness
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner speaking to a man at a homelessness charity in Wales
Rick Henderson

Four things Labour's new taskforce must do immediately to end homelessness

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