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Housing

Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops
People at the Emmaus Preston Department Store
Homelessness

Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops

Single mum forced to share bed with daughter in 'severely overcrowded' flat wins legal battle
Housing campaigners call for no more overcrowding
Homelessness

Single mum forced to share bed with daughter in 'severely overcrowded' flat wins legal battle

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism
A Black woman running
Stephen Walcott

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system
Labour deputy prime minister Angela Rayner in construction gear
Planning

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system

'A jigsaw with pieces missing': Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
Housing

'A jigsaw with pieces missing': Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?

Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'
Andy Burnham
Homelessness

Andy Burnham: 'Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better'

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis
An empty church
Housing crisis

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis

Letters: Voter loyalties are no longer for life – unlike football allegiances
Letters

Letters: Voter loyalties are no longer for life – unlike football allegiances

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
UK prime minister Kier Starmer
Jen Clark

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank
Harry Quilter-Pinner, director of IPPR
Think tanks

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank

Landlords of overcrowded flat fined £12k after fire killed dad-of-two
The damage following a deadly fire at Maddocks House in Shadwell
Shadwell fire

Landlords of overcrowded flat fined £12k after fire killed dad-of-two

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Housing Justice refugee lodgings programme
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Will Labour's 'radical' leasehold reforms lead to a 'two-tier' system for flat owners?
Cladding protest in Westminster
Leasehold reform

Will Labour's 'radical' leasehold reforms lead to a 'two-tier' system for flat owners?

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
83 year old activist Eileen Conn
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law

Rough sleeping in England soars by 20% in just a year: 'It's a red alert warning'
a homeless man rough sleeping
Homelessness

Rough sleeping in England soars by 20% in just a year: 'It's a red alert warning'

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
DWP secretary Liz Kendall
Universal credit

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

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