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Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
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Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day

The broadcaster has backed Shelter’s plea to lift children out of homelessness as a 119 families are being made homeless every day this Christmas
Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas

A senior Home Office official confirmed the department is refusing to change a policy which is pushing refugees onto the streets
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Activism

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Here's a list of ways to get involved with volunteering on Christmas Day and help people during the festive period

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Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay
Renters Reform Bill

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer
Prisons

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer

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Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay
Renters Reform Bill

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it
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UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it

Here's when people will get the cold weather payment this winter
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Here's when people will get the cold weather payment this winter

Here's when people will get the cost of living payment in 2024
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Here's when people will get the cost of living payment in 2024

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Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
homelessness

Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay
Renters Reform Bill

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay

One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be 'turned away' this Christmas
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One in four who go to councils for help with homelessness will be 'turned away' this Christmas

Help homeless and vulnerable people with The Big Issue
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Help homeless and vulnerable people with The Big Issue

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How do Big Issue sellers make money?

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Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

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Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor John McIntyre who died at 69: 'He was a good egg'
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Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor John McIntyre who died at 69: 'He was a good egg'

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'We need protection': How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink
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'We need protection': How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'
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AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again
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I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again

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Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer
Prisons

Yes, some prisoners will be released early before Christmas – but it can actually make victims safer

Councils plead for 'urgent' help to deal with surge in refugees evicted into homelessness
Refugee homelessness crisis

Councils plead for 'urgent' help to deal with surge in refugees evicted into homelessness

Here's when people will get the cold weather payment this winter
Cost of living crisis

Here's when people will get the cold weather payment this winter

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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
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How do Big Issue sellers make money?

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?
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How does The Big Issue help homeless people?

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?
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Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

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'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008
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'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?
climate crisis

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says
Water pollution

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate