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Homelessness

Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose
Daniel Lavelle
Daniel Lavelle

Britain's homeless services are stripped to the bone, irrational, discriminatory and not fit for purpose

Lack of affordable housing leaves councils struggling to help families facing homelessness
tent for person facing homelessness
Homelessness

Lack of affordable housing leaves councils struggling to help families facing homelessness

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?
jubilee 2022
jubilee 2022

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?

'Covid has made homelessness so much worse': Meet the man who sleeps rough at Davos
Andrew Funk and Marco Robinson in Davos
Davos

'Covid has made homelessness so much worse': Meet the man who sleeps rough at Davos

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay
London pavement house
Homelessness

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'
Housing

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement
Housing crisis

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life
Homelessness

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Homeless Project Scotland
Cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
prison leavers
prisons

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Ncuti Gatwa with his cat, Pushkin
Ncuti Gatwa

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless

Ukraine's gig economy workers are now delivering food for a homeless charity
Ukraine cyclist
Ukraine

Ukraine's gig economy workers are now delivering food for a homeless charity

Women are asking to stay in prison beyond their sentence because they don't have a home to go to
prison
Homelessness

Women are asking to stay in prison beyond their sentence because they don't have a home to go to

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
Doctor Who

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup
homeless tent
Homelessness

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup

'Significant concerns' over Ukraine refugees becoming homeless in UK
Ukraine
Homelessness

'Significant concerns' over Ukraine refugees becoming homeless in UK

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘We can't say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses
homelessness
Homelessness

‘We can't say we don’t know how to solve homelessness’: Charity says lockdown success leaves no excuses

More people deemed to be 'living on London's streets' than last year
rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

More people deemed to be 'living on London's streets' than last year

Section 21 notice: What is a no-fault eviction? Why are they being scrapped?
section 21 notice
Renting

Section 21 notice: What is a no-fault eviction? Why are they being scrapped?

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all
Vagrancy Act
Homelessness

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all

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