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Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
The government has announced an £84 million cash injection to prevent homelessness and support homeless families over the winter as World Homeless Day passes with sky-high numbers of people without a stable home
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
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More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Cost of living crisis
‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet
Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet
Housing
Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight
Here’s what would happen if the UK abolished landlords overnight
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One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
Employment
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs
Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs
Social justice
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Activism
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Environment
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
