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Seven years after Grenfell Tower fire: Residents fear they'll die before seeing justice
Grenfell

Seven years after Grenfell Tower fire: Residents fear they'll die before seeing justice

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto
Keir Starmer launching the Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election
Politics

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches manifesto including promises to fix the housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
Housing crisis

We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?

World's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London
Home Kitchen restaurant is set to be staffed by homeless people in London
Homelessness

World's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London

Wealth tax, tuition fees and vow to 'fix broken Britain': Key takeaways from the Green Party manifesto
General election 2024

Wealth tax, tuition fees and vow to 'fix broken Britain': Key takeaways from the Green Party manifesto

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear
building social housing
Social housing

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear

Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis
Andy Burnham has differing views to Margaret Thatcher on Right to Buy
Right to Buy

Should we end Thatcher's Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK's housing crisis

'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters
renters are demanding the next government protects them from poverty
RENTING

'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
pensioner poverty ageing population
Joanna Elson

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
Rishi Sunak ahead of the Conservative Manifesto launch
General election 2024

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch
rishi sunak
General Election 2024

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis
Alma-nac's vision for Robin Hood Airport
Housing crisis

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK's housing crisis

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense
social housing for young people
Tom Kerridge

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
child pvoerty/ dennis and hanna
General election 2024

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty

Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms
Michael Gove, leasehold reform
Housing

Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything
Paul Weller and Johnny Harris
Music

'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything

One in four English councils under 'shocking strain' due to temporary accommodation costs
View of houses and city skyline to illustrate story on temporary accommodation
Housing

One in four English councils under 'shocking strain' due to temporary accommodation costs

Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?
Keir Starmer announces Freedom to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme
General election 2024

Labour unveils 'ambitious' plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?

'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
Vagrancy Act continues to punish rough sleepers
Rough sleeping

'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021

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