Housing

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty
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Helen Barnard

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
Shelter activists hold up banner targeting Keir Starmer which reads:
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
General election 2024

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
silhouette of person looking out of the window
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years

Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us
Migration

Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us

No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election
Kasmira Kincaid

No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election

What happens if the Tories win?
Rishi Sunak after calling the 4 July general election
Adam Barnett

What happens if the Tories win?

All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good
Dr Tom Kerridge

All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good

Wellbeing is not a luxury. It's a basic human right which the next government must protect
person with head in hands
Sarah Cunningham

Wellbeing is not a luxury. It's a basic human right which the next government must protect

The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping

Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable
build social housing to end the housing crisis
Exclusive

Young people to the next government: Make homes truly affordable

'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
A person experiencing homelessness on the streets of London
Housing

'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

I help refugees with their mental health. This is the toll our asylum system takes
Dr Jennifer Walters

I help refugees with their mental health. This is the toll our asylum system takes

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is 'on a mission' to create safe spaces
LGBTQ+ rights protest
LGBTQ+ rights

LGBTQ+ homelessness is worse than people think. This charity is 'on a mission' to create safe spaces

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'
Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, speaks at an event
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Yes, LGBTQ+ Pride still matters. A lot. Here's the many, many reasons why
LGBTQ+ rights

Yes, LGBTQ+ Pride still matters. A lot. Here's the many, many reasons why

There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day
Paul McNamee

There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day

Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch
Exclusive

Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch

Have your say: Big Issue editor to host homelessness hustings in Cities of London and Westminster
rough sleeping in London
General election 2024

Have your say: Big Issue editor to host homelessness hustings in Cities of London and Westminster