Homelessness

I'm a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state's failures on homelessness
homeless tents in front of a building
Paula Barker

I'm a Labour MP. We must be bolder if we want to turn around the state's failures on homelessness

Labour’s new homelessness strategy leaves a lot of questions to be answered, writes Labour MP Paula Barker, who has called for a national rollout of Housing First
Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'
a homeless person sleeping rough on the streets
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion 'risks thousands losing their home'

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
housing secretary Steve Reed
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy
Homelessness

Everything you need to know about Labour's homelessness strategy

'The only reason I got a place is I was set on fire': The voices behind Labour's homelessness plan
Katy Savage

'The only reason I got a place is I was set on fire': The voices behind Labour's homelessness plan

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?
a homeless person lying on the street with their belongings
homelessness

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour's strategy mean for them?

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
homelessness minister Alison McGovern alongside Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
homelessness

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
homelessness

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, photographed by Debra Hurness-Brown
Child poverty

We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me
Letters

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy
a girl in the front room of a home in front of the window
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis
A man and a woman with their two dogs in a tent
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
Homelessness

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me

Where is 'home' for a dog? It's in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant
Andrew Gardiner

Where is 'home' for a dog? It's in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there's hope too
Two hands holding together
Briony Hudson

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there's hope too

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas dinner
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

Homelessness stagnated in Labour's first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress
a homeless man pictured in his temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Homelessness stagnated in Labour's first year – but ministers warned not to mistake it for progress

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?
A mansion
Mansion tax

Rachel Reeves unveils new 'mansion tax' on £2 million homes. But does it go far enough?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
A plastic tubbed filled with food donations being passed across a table between people
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect