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This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Housing Justice refugee lodgings programme
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP
pensioner looking out the window
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Pregnant then Screwed campaigners
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
83 year old activist Eileen Conn
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who's fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law

Rough sleeping in England soars by 20% in just a year: 'It's a red alert warning'
a homeless man rough sleeping
Homelessness

Rough sleeping in England soars by 20% in just a year: 'It's a red alert warning'

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
DWP secretary Liz Kendall
Universal credit

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'
Grenfell memorial
Grenfell

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'

Grenfell fire families face waiting 10 years to see changes and reforms fully implemented
A sign saying
Grenfell

Grenfell fire families face waiting 10 years to see changes and reforms fully implemented

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
dwp
Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'
Secretary of State Peter Kyle hosts a launch event for the new Digital Centre of Government
Digital inclusion

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'

Labour doubles emergency homelessness funding to £60m: 'No one should live in fear of losing their home'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali and housing secretary Angela Rayner
Homelessness

Labour doubles emergency homelessness funding to £60m: 'No one should live in fear of losing their home'

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself
DIY
Housing

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
Energy meter
Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue launches new WhatsApp channel for behind-the-scenes updates and exclusive insight
WhatsApp

Big Issue launches new WhatsApp channel for behind-the-scenes updates and exclusive insight

Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'
Ukraine Kharkiv bomb shelter
Ukraine

Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'

Meet the couple who gave away their two houses to help people in homelessness: 'It's satisfying'
Valerie and Chris Norris, a couple in Swansea, who have donated their houses to fight homelessness
Homelessness

Meet the couple who gave away their two houses to help people in homelessness: 'It's satisfying'

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention
Prime minister Keir Starmer, chancellor Rachel Reeves and secretary for energy security and net zero Ed Miliband. Image: Simon Dawson/ No 10 Downing Street/ Flickr
Matt Copeland

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention

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