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'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA
Fifa executives Youri Djorkaeff, Gianni Infantino and Arsene Wenger meet Homeless World Cup president Mel Young
Homeless World Cup

'Football is a force for good': Homeless World Cup gets backing from FIFA

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
flats in london
Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

How long does a landlord have to return a deposit?
a woman holding a mobile phone and a bank card. how long does a landlord have to return a deposit
renting

How long does a landlord have to return a deposit?

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?
a pile of pound coins. deposit protection scheme
renting

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?

How to set up bills when renting
A woman loading laundry into a washing machine. How to set up bills when renting
renting

How to set up bills when renting

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can't breed where the light shines
Homelessness

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can't breed where the light shines

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building
Brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield
Architecture

Social housing, Elizabeth Line and an old dairy farm in race to be Britain's best new building

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner speaking in Parliament
Housing

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a 'council house revolution'

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action
A couple rough sleeping under a blanket in London
Rough sleeping

'Time to show you're serious': Rough sleeping in London up 29% amid urgent calls for action

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture
Poster of a homeless person pierced by spkes designed to deter rough sleepers, known as hostile architecture
Homelessness

Shocking art project spotlights 'insidious' anti-homeless spikes and hostile architecture

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner laugh while wearing hard hats
New towns

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18
Care leavers

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
four day working week
Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
Exclusive

Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness 'swept under the rug' and rough sleepers removed from Paris
Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness 'swept under the rug' and rough sleepers removed from Paris

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Housebuilding

How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Homelessness

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how
A woman's hands holding a cup of tea
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how

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