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Housing

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row
Labour MP Jas Athwal speaking in the House of Commons
Social care

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row

Household overcrowding: Is there enough space in your home?
flats in london
housing

Household overcrowding: Is there enough space in your home?

How to apply for a council house
a red-bricked semi-detached house
Housing

How to apply for a council house

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?
one side of a bedframe against a wall next to a bedside table with books and a plant on it
social housing

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?
a person's hands are seen pasting a 'sold' sticker over a 'for sale' sign outside a house
housing

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
An aerial photo of London
Housing crisis

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis

No room for 'bullshit' in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary
Prince William

No room for 'bullshit' in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It's a punishment for the young
chancellor Rachel Reeves
Angus Hanton

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It's a punishment for the young

'Utterly unsustainable': Homelessness in London at highest level on record
Homelessness

'Utterly unsustainable': Homelessness in London at highest level on record

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years
Housing crisis

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'
Bibby Stockholm protest
Asylum hotels

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
James Rose

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see

What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
Politics

What Tory leader hopefuls Badenoch and Jenrick think about poverty, benefits, housing and more

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour must end policies causing deaths of thousands of homeless people: 'Every person was precious'
Two people hugging outside Downing Street at a vigil. The Museum of Homelessness recorded 1,474 deaths - a 12% increase compared to 2022. Image: Lucinda MacPherson.
Homelessness

Labour must end policies causing deaths of thousands of homeless people: 'Every person was precious'

Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich
keir starmer labour leader
Our vendors

Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'
London's Elizabeth Line
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began
build social housing to end the housing crisis
Housing crisis

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began

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