Homelessness

Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer
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Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer

Homelessness minister 'shocked' at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs
homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Homelessness

Homelessness minister 'shocked' at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs

Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  
Housing First

Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness
a woman holding a cup of tea
Rachel Shuter

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it's no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it's no longer shocking

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'
A bench with armrest bars across it in Pokémon Legends Z-A
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'
a woman being supported by a nurse
Abortion

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'
the shadow of a young girl
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Emmaus Salford's Lucy
Homelessness

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'
Lucy Powell in House of Commons
Politics

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'

Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children
a child at the window of their home
Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki

Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children

Labour won't reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration
homeless tents
Louisa Thomas

Labour won't reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration

Homelessness 'should not exist in a country that values human life', says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton
World Homeless Day

Homelessness 'should not exist in a country that values human life', says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton

Alison McGovern: 'Homelessness crisis is a reminder of how politics can fail people. It cannot continue'
homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern

Alison McGovern: 'Homelessness crisis is a reminder of how politics can fail people. It cannot continue'

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain
Hidden homelessness

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness
Hidden homelessness

This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together
a dog with their owner
James Hickman

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: 'We can break the stigma'
Bear Grylls reading a Big Issue magazine in a short film about hidden homelessness
Homelessness

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: 'We can break the stigma'