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Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
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Ian Anstice

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too

Meet the heatwave heroes making sure those in need get support as temperatures soar
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Heatwave

Meet the heatwave heroes making sure those in need get support as temperatures soar

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England
Ukraine
UKRAINE

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves
Heatwave

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave
heatwave
Heatwave

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths
Tina Robson homeless death inquest
Homelessness

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’
Ukraine refugees
Ukraine

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year
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Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year

What are homeless hostels?
homeless hostels
Homelessness

What are homeless hostels?

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William
Dave and Prince William on their pitch selling The Big Issue Photo: Andy Parsons
Prince William x The Big Issue

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William

‘Homelessness is a societal issue so it has to be a societal solution,’ says Mick Clarke of The Passage
Housing

‘Homelessness is a societal issue so it has to be a societal solution,’ says Mick Clarke of The Passage

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
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Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'
Prince William
Prince William

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'

What really happened when Prince William sold The Big Issue
Prince William and Dave Martin
Prince William x Big Issue

What really happened when Prince William sold The Big Issue

Prince William and Big Issue vendor Dave in conversation: 'Homelessness is an issue I want to fight for'
Prince William and Dave Martin
Prince William x Big Issue

Prince William and Big Issue vendor Dave in conversation: 'Homelessness is an issue I want to fight for'

Prince William plans to teach his children about homelessness, as Princess Diana did for him
Princess Diana, William and Harry at The Passage in 1993
Prince William x Big Issue

Prince William plans to teach his children about homelessness, as Princess Diana did for him

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Prince William wants to ‘give the next generation less chance of being homeless'
Dave and Prince William on their pitch selling The Big Issue Photo: Andy Parsons
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Prince William wants to ‘give the next generation less chance of being homeless'

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugee households have needed help to avoid homelessness
Ukrainian refugee
Housing

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugee households have needed help to avoid homelessness

Homelessness charity asks public to stay alert for rough sleepers at risk from heatwave
Heatwave

Homelessness charity asks public to stay alert for rough sleepers at risk from heatwave

BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber
BetterPod Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber
Housing

BetterPod: The radical power of design, with Alice Rawsthorn and Peter Barber