Homelessness
White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world's first Museum of Homelessness
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White pants, bin bags and a light on injustice: Inside the world's first Museum of Homelessness
Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
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Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters' furious sit-in protest
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TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters' furious sit-in protest
Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars
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Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars
Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: 'If we could do more, we would'
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Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: 'If we could do more, we would'
From the NHS to levelling up: Here are all the broken promises after 14 years of Tory rule
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From the NHS to levelling up: Here are all the broken promises after 14 years of Tory rule
Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
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Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'
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Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'
This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they're trying to police it out of existence
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This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they're trying to police it out of existence
Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
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Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
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'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
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Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
![Scottish first minister John Swinney](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53711878320_2833d90b05_k.jpg?w=768)
Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
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Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what's stopping us?
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Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what's stopping us?
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
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Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?
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How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?
Number of women sleeping rough on England's street may be nine times higher than government thinks
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Number of women sleeping rough on England's street may be nine times higher than government thinks
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: 'We won't stop coming'
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