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A McDonald's security guard soaking a homeless man's blanket exemplifies stigma rough sleepers face
Homeless man argues with security guard mopping floor outside McDonald's restaurant in London
Rough Sleeping

A McDonald's security guard soaking a homeless man's blanket exemplifies stigma rough sleepers face

Folk music venue fights for survival after 'unfair' £99k bill from billionaire landlords
Folk musicians playing at The Harrison in London
Venue Watch

Folk music venue fights for survival after 'unfair' £99k bill from billionaire landlords

Sadiq Khan calls on Home Office to save lives and immediately pause asylum evictions
Sadiq Khan
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Sadiq Khan calls on Home Office to save lives and immediately pause asylum evictions

'We can't stay here forever': What's it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
hostel homeless christmas
Homelessness

'We can't stay here forever': What's it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?

'Hostile architecture' appears outside hospital where rough sleepers' tents were destroyed
Rough sleepers' tents were removed and destroyed in Camden
Homelessness

'Hostile architecture' appears outside hospital where rough sleepers' tents were destroyed

How many empty homes are there in the UK?
How many empty homes are there in the UK? The Big Issue investigates. Image credit: Estate Agent Networking / Pixabay
Housing

How many empty homes are there in the UK?

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Housing crisis

Sadiq Khan gives councils new powers to buy 10,000 homes and take on social housing crisis

Rough sleepers left 'scared and disgusted' after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers left 'scared and disgusted' after homeless tents destroyed near London hospital

Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney
Black and white photo of horse bus in trafalgar square
Books

Top 5 books set in historic London, selected by author Mike Delaney

Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: 'This is disgusting'
rough sleepers tents being destroyed Camden
Rough sleeping

Rough sleepers have tents destroyed just days after Suella Braverman crackdown: 'This is disgusting'

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog
rough sleeping in London
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan
End Housing Insecurity Now

Universal credit uplift key to ensuring low income renters can stay in their homes, says Sadiq Khan

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
Members of Black Midi and Black Country, New Road in front of the gold curtain at the Windmill Brixton
Venue Watch

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands

One in 50 Londoners are homeless. So this faith group decided to do something about it
Declan Flynn and Bex Keer

One in 50 Londoners are homeless. So this faith group decided to do something about it

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all
Free school meals

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics
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Environment

Mum whose daughter, 9, was killed by air pollution blasts Ulez critics

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Campaigners want blue plaque for pioneer who changed how homelessness was tackled in UK
Anton Wallich-Clifford founded the homelessness charity Simon Community
Homelessness

Campaigners want blue plaque for pioneer who changed how homelessness was tackled in UK

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord
london rent, hackney flat
Housing

Squalid flats smaller than parking spaces lead to massive £285,000 fine for landlord

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme
Ulez sign in London
Ulez

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme

In memory of my mother, 50 years after her death
John Bird as a baby with his mother and brother
John Bird

In memory of my mother, 50 years after her death