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Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: 'We are incredibly worried'
keir starmer labour leader
Winter fuel payment

Poor, sick and disabled pensioners to lose winter fuel payment: 'We are incredibly worried'

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Technology

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould

Nadhim Zahawi: 'We're supposed to be the party of government, not some mafiosi'
Former politician Nadhim Zahawi
Politics

Nadhim Zahawi: 'We're supposed to be the party of government, not some mafiosi'

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'
Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'

Labour won't hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner speaking in Parliament
HOUSING

Labour won't hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'
DJ and producer Sigala
Music

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
An aerial shot of central London
Housing crisis

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham wants to give homes to Manchester's rough sleepers in 'sea change for housing'

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway
prisons
Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matther Pennycook
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly
California governor Gavin Newsom
Homelessness

California's governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it's backfired, badly

Big Issue founder John Bird's debut novel optioned for screen adaptation
John Bird

Big Issue founder John Bird's debut novel optioned for screen adaptation

Progress 'far too slow' on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes
Keir Starmer addresses Parliament following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Grenfell Tower

Progress 'far too slow' on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

Bereaved Grenfell families still waiting for justice after 'joke' inquiry they 'never asked for'
Bereaved Grenfell familes hold a press conference following the release of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's final report
Grenfell Tower

Bereaved Grenfell families still waiting for justice after 'joke' inquiry they 'never asked for'

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
Houses in London
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
women in north
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament
A message saying 'Homelessness is a political choice' is beamed on to the Houses of Parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament

DWP says there's 'more learning to do' as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
The Department - book about the failings of the DWP by John Pring
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there's 'more learning to do' as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves
older man in heatwave temperatures
Heatwave

'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'
Film

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'

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