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Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award
Citizens House in Lewisham was designed in collaboration with residents and partly funded through Big Issue Invest, Big Issue’s social investment arm. Now the homes have been nominated for RIBA’s Neave Brown Award for affordable housing
One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'
How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'
Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates
'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?

'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
Folk culture is everywhere in Britain. You just have to look for it

Folk culture is everywhere in Britain. You just have to look for it
Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?

Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?
Everything you think you know about Romani people is probably wrong – here's why

Everything you think you know about Romani people is probably wrong – here's why
'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea

'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea
A Community Right to Buy is a first step to building a better Britain up from the streets

A Community Right to Buy is a first step to building a better Britain up from the streets
Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'
Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out

'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain
Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'
I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans
How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times
LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
