Councils

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Sadiq Khan superimposed over a tower block
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns 'unfair profiteering' from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Mayor reacts after Big Issue reveals how the capital's councils have lost tens of millions buying back homes they owned just a few years previously
Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'
housing secretary Steve Reed with a red line over his face next to a block of flats
Yo-yo Homes

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: 'Why would they try and hide this?'
The mayor of Swindon
Yo-yo Homes

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: 'Why would they try and hide this?'

Councils are turning homeless young people away from support. Gatekeeping won't end homelessness
Lisa Doyle

Councils are turning homeless young people away from support. Gatekeeping won't end homelessness

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage
Peter Apps

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich
a row of homes in the UK
Housing

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich

There's a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will
Rows of houses in Sheffield
Vikki Brownridge

There's a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'
an empty shop in London
Housing

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'

Right to Buy sold us down the river
Paul McNamee

Right to Buy sold us down the river

A levy on Premier League player transfers could save cash-strapped councils – here's how
Footballer Florian Wirtz in a Liverpool shirt
Minesh Parekh

A levy on Premier League player transfers could save cash-strapped councils – here's how

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless
building on albert drive collapse in glasgow
Homelessness

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
a homeless person on the street
John Perry

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Food banks

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'

Reform councillor describing some children in care as 'evil' proves how broken the system really is
Reform UK's Andy Osborn during a Cambridgeshire County Council meeting. Credit: Youtube / Terry Galloway
Sophia Alexandra Hall

Reform councillor describing some children in care as 'evil' proves how broken the system really is

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
A Welsh dragon
Andrew Connell and Jez Bushnell

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change

Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
Houses in Pembrokeshire
Community housing

Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Modern slavery

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
a crouching woman watches while a toddler pushes clothes into an open washing machine
poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Ruth Hannan and Hannah Webster

All we want for Christmas is for unpaid carers to be properly supported by the DWP and councils

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Social care

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

'Where's the compassion?': Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father's ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

'Where's the compassion?': Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father's ashes after funeral

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show
a boy in school uniform reading a book in a school library // special educational needs
Education

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show