Housing
Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
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Bob Vylan: 'Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there's not space to be vulnerable'
Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
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Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
Gen Z want to buy houses, smoke weed and do crimes, report finds. What does this mean for UK's future?
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Gen Z want to buy houses, smoke weed and do crimes, report finds. What does this mean for UK's future?
'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
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'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here's some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed
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Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here's some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed
Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
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Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour's six general election pledges: 'I'm disappointed'
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Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour's six general election pledges: 'I'm disappointed'
Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
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Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
![Scottish first minister John Swinney](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53711878320_2833d90b05_k.jpg?w=768)
Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
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Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what's stopping us?
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Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what's stopping us?
'We're needed more than ever': Big Issue's work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
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'We're needed more than ever': Big Issue's work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
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More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
Madness legend Suggs: 'I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn't be prouder of the fact'
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Madness legend Suggs: 'I loved growing up in a council flat. I couldn't be prouder of the fact'
Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots
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Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots
'Real change is essential': Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
![Conservatives' Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer of Labour went head to head in party conference speeches but which one tackled the housing crisis head on](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1244213867.jpg?w=768)
'Real change is essential': Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
There's a chronic shortage of social housing. Here's how the government can begin to fix it
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There's a chronic shortage of social housing. Here's how the government can begin to fix it
Number of women sleeping rough on England's street may be nine times higher than government thinks
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Number of women sleeping rough on England's street may be nine times higher than government thinks
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: 'We won't stop coming'
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This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: 'We won't stop coming'
Feeling like change in the UK isn't possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
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