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Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

The £15 billion Warm Homes Plan is intended to make it easier for families to get solar panels, heat pumps and insulation to slash energy bills
10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
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10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

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Harbour Project resident Darren Rowe
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Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

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Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
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10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’
Harbour Project resident Darren Rowe
Homelessness

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there
The empty space where a homelessness encampment used to stand near Adelphi Terrace on the Strand in Westminster
Homelessness

Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears over what happened to people who lived there