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Parents will 'suffer' balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis
schools shut/ concrete safety
Schools

Parents will 'suffer' balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis

International Dog Day: Big Issue readers share their favourite dog memories and snaps
International Dog Day
International Dog Day

International Dog Day: Big Issue readers share their favourite dog memories and snaps

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue
Asylum seekers

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue

Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families
homeless
Homelessness

Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families

Housing is more affordable than a year ago, says Halifax
Halifax says housing is more affordable today than it was last year
Housing

Housing is more affordable than a year ago, says Halifax

Dawn Butler: Growing up with four brothers helped me navigate male-dominated Westminster
Dawn Butler speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool
politics

Dawn Butler: Growing up with four brothers helped me navigate male-dominated Westminster

Can the government deliver on its promise to end veteran homelessness by the end of this year?
veteran homelessness
Veterans

Can the government deliver on its promise to end veteran homelessness by the end of this year?

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'
DWP
Disability benefits

DWP warned over disability benefits failures that leave disabled people in 'psychological distress'

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say
sewage
Sewage

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Disability benefits

DWP faces disability benefits backlog as record 430,000 people wait for PIP review

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’
Afghan Muhammad Irshad Khan
Resettlement

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’

Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest
overheating homes
Climate crisis

Over one third of homes set to face dangerous overheating – with poorest households hit hardest

‘Heatflation’: Heatwaves could drive up food prices – but scientists are working on a solution
food prices
Heatflation

‘Heatflation’: Heatwaves could drive up food prices – but scientists are working on a solution

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?
Gig economy workers tend to be on zero-hour contracts or short-term, freelance contracts rather than permanent jobs with a set number of hours.
Insecure work

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?

Thousands of tenants lose homes to no-fault evictions as wait for Renters Reform Bill goes on
Renters have faced no-fault evictions while the wait for the Renters Reform Bill goes on
Housing

Thousands of tenants lose homes to no-fault evictions as wait for Renters Reform Bill goes on

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Devon County Council pauses 'dangerous' homelessness prevention funding cuts
Devon homelessness prevention
Homelessness

Devon County Council pauses 'dangerous' homelessness prevention funding cuts

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC
Asylum seekers

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in Black and white
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots
Future of work

Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots

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