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Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
A stock image of a baby's foot
Asylum accommodation

Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Ali was sharing one bed in a homeless hostel with his wife and young son. When his baby daughter was born, he didn't want to bring her to that environment
Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'
Andy Burnham
Homelessness

Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here's how that cash could help instead
rough sleepers risk being criminalised by the Vagrancy Act
Rough sleeping

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here's how that cash could help instead

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
Immigration

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

Man left 'suicidal' and sacrificing food after being 'harassed' by debt collectors
Cost of living crisis

Man left 'suicidal' and sacrificing food after being 'harassed' by debt collectors

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I've been homeless in this city. Now I'm helping tourists discover its hidden secrets
Homelessness

I've been homeless in this city. Now I'm helping tourists discover its hidden secrets

Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis
Glasgow refugee
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Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis

Protesters demand end of refugees being made homeless ahead of Christmas: 'We're failing people'
Glasgow refugee
Refugee homelessness crisis

Protesters demand end of refugees being made homeless ahead of Christmas: 'We're failing people'

Number of refugees evicted into homelessness triples in wake of Home Office asylum change
homeless refugees
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Number of refugees evicted into homelessness triples in wake of Home Office asylum change

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
refugee homeless, Emma Roddick
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Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in 'shocking attack'
Crime

Homeless man set on fire while he slept in 'shocking attack'

King's Speech shows government has 'no plan' to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems
King's Speech
King's Speech

King's Speech shows government has 'no plan' to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems

Here's what would happen if Prince William opened up royal palaces to homeless people
Prince William launches Homewards
Homelessness

Here's what would happen if Prince William opened up royal palaces to homeless people

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine
Father Vitaliy Novak on the ground in Ukraine
Documentary

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained
Illustration of people and houses
Rachael Williamson and John Perry

How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained

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