Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Demonstrators in Victoria square in Bolton
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
Renters could face a further wait to see no-fault evictions scrapped through Renters Reform Bill
No-fault evictions

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'
Image shows tents on a street to illustrate article on homelessness
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: 'A genuine humanitarian crisis'

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds
Stock photo of children to illustrate story on two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions
keir starmer
Tracey Herrington

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions

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'

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

Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending
rachel reeves
Benefits

Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Rachel Reeves
Public finances

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain

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?

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

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
keir starmer
Two-child benefit cap

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why
Paul McNamee

Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
The cover of The Big Issue, 22/07/2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
shoplifting
Shoplifting

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Keir Starmer during the 2024 general election campaign
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
Starmer and Phillipson at a school
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'