London

'It's about making the invisible visible': A day at the UK's only festival for homeless people
Homelessness

'It's about making the invisible visible': A day at the UK's only festival for homeless people

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Chef Adam Simmonds is opening a restaurant staffed by homeless people
homelessness

A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people

Chris Kaba: Nationwide protests to take place as family demand action
Chris Kaba protest
Chris Kaba

Chris Kaba: Nationwide protests to take place as family demand action

Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests
anti-monarchy protest
King Charles

Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests

Chris Kaba: Protest to take place after 24-year-old shot dead by Met Police
Chris Kaba protest
Chris Kaba

Chris Kaba: Protest to take place after 24-year-old shot dead by Met Police

Striking photos taken by homeless photographers offer a rarely-seen view of London
MyLondon homelessness calendar
Homelessness

Striking photos taken by homeless photographers offer a rarely-seen view of London

Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
Homegrown in Tottenham
Food banks

Community food bank fights eviction by property developer

These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
Activism

These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
feelings known about the cost of living crisis at a rally in early April 2022
Energy Bils

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years
Drought

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
Community activism

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas
food bank
Food banks

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas

Sadiq Khan's Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visits new council homes at Agar Grove in Camden in November 2021.
Right to Buy

Sadiq Khan's Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers
Homelessness

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers

Top 5 books about multicultural London, chosen by Ania Bas
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about multicultural London, chosen by Ania Bas

Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest
Spoof tube adverts that state
Climate activism

Activists plaster fake Barclays adverts across London Underground in fossil fuel protest

Number of rough sleepers in London rises by 10 per cent in just three months
rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers in London rises by 10 per cent in just three months

West Ham open doors of London Stadium to people experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

West Ham open doors of London Stadium to people experiencing homelessness

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'

These artists are turning their street into a solar power station
Climate activism

These artists are turning their street into a solar power station