Councils
This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
![Care leaver Bayley Tubman with her 'aunties'](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BT.-18th-May-2023a-1.jpg?w=768)
This pioneering and 'beautiful' idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Lifelong Links helps young people like Bayley Tubman make the shift from care to adulthood and it is being extended with £30m of government funding. But the charity behind the programme say it’s needed across the whole of the country
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
![silhouette of person looking out of the window](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jorge-salvador-kpYMcyZ2qbY-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
![Andy Burnham has differing views to Margaret Thatcher on Right to Buy](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HERO_right-to-buy.jpg?w=768)
Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
Homelessness at heart of councils' £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: 'It's an out-of-control crisis'
![Centre for Homelessness Impact Brian](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RS162_CentreForHomelessnessBrighton1Edit_13.jpg?w=768)
Homelessness at heart of councils' £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: 'It's an out-of-control crisis'
End to household support fund will mean 'more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes'
![jeremy hunt](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/53348723234_73ac53293c_k.jpg?w=768)
End to household support fund will mean 'more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes'
'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
![Tiny models of bin men cleaning up a giant cigarette butt](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/attila-lisinszky-j4t7MLDYDB0-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'
![public toilet](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gabor-monori-VCVI5QUvFAY-unsplash-1-1.jpg?w=768)
'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'
Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
![temporary accommodation](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RS341_CentreForHomelessnessLondonEdit_13-lpr.jpg?w=768)
Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
![council bankrupt](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/jay-clark-GXxX_rklGEo-unsplash-e1698842507528.jpg?w=768)
One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
Devon County Council pauses 'dangerous' homelessness prevention funding cuts
![Devon homelessness prevention](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/West_Somerset__The_A396_^_Devon_County_Sign_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2862319.jpg?w=768)
Devon County Council pauses 'dangerous' homelessness prevention funding cuts
How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run
![homelessness](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jonathan-kho-ming-jun-KA9gL7koE_Y-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
How councils cutting homelessness funding could be damaging their communities in the long run
Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents' complaints of overcrowding
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-10-at-14.25.04.png?w=768)
Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents' complaints of overcrowding
The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?
![Liz Truss/ Household support fund](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1620px-Prime_Minister_Liz_Truss_Arrives_in_Downing_Street.jpg?w=768)
The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?
How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis
![Barking and Dagenham](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Colne-Housem-aerial-views-3.jpg?w=768)
How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis
'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/52378097891_4a8925940e_o.jpg?w=768)
'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Ministers pledge £500m for councils to make up for lost income in lockdown
![uk poverty cost of living crisis](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/council-tax_hero-pic.jpg?w=768)
Ministers pledge £500m for councils to make up for lost income in lockdown
Councils are not using their powers to deal with problem landlords
![The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Renting-hero-copy.jpg?w=768)
Councils are not using their powers to deal with problem landlords
Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent
![uk poverty cost of living crisis](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/council-tax_hero-pic.jpg?w=768)
Struggling Northamptonshire council is raising council tax by five per cent
Local councils are borrowing billions to gamble on the property market
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/iStock-621829188.jpg?w=648)