Opinion

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
A person sleeping on the street
Paul McNamee

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths

Why I spent the festive period giving food to people living on the streets of Manchester
John Junior

Why I spent the festive period giving food to people living on the streets of Manchester

We have the power to end homelessness if we think creatively
a key to a house
Greg Hurst

We have the power to end homelessness if we think creatively

I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life
Peter da Silva

I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life

The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead
police vagrancy act
Layla Moran

The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead

Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
homelessness rough sleeping Autumn Statement
Homelessness

Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
Paul Cézanne
John Bird

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
libraries
Ian Anstice

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'
Prince William
Prince William

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'

Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose
Daniel Lavelle
Daniel Lavelle

Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
prison leavers
prisons

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all
Vagrancy Act
Homelessness

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all

The path to ending homelessness starts with a little thing called hope
John Bird

The path to ending homelessness starts with a little thing called hope

Val McDermid: 'If homelessness were an illness, we'd be demanding a cure'
Young person sits on a street corner
Val McDermid

Val McDermid: 'If homelessness were an illness, we'd be demanding a cure'

Why the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is the perfect opportunity to axe the Vagrancy Act
The Vagrancy Act will be axed in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Vagrancy Act

Why the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is the perfect opportunity to axe the Vagrancy Act

We know how to end rough sleeping – now we must grasp the opportunity to do it
rough sleeping
Steve Douglas

We know how to end rough sleeping – now we must grasp the opportunity to do it

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act is just the start – now we must end rough sleeping for good
vagrancy act rough sleeping
Layla Moran

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act is just the start – now we must end rough sleeping for good

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children
Alex Firth

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children

Homeless people were social distancing long before Covid - and it may have saved lives
homeless Covid
Andrew Guise

Homeless people were social distancing long before Covid - and it may have saved lives

Dreaming of a future when our leaders make plans for the long term
John Bird

Dreaming of a future when our leaders make plans for the long term