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Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year
rough sleeping homelessness
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year

Levelling up? How regional inequality has changed since 1997
Levelling up/ Image of Canary Wharf and Poplar
Levelling up

Levelling up? How regional inequality has changed since 1997

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
cladding campaigner
Building Safety Crisis

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis
rent controls
Renting

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Help to Build
Housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it
Employment crisis

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents
Social mobility

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis
Tax gap/ Image of taxes being cut
Cost of living

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis

Tory MPs have been saying railway workers earn more than they actually do
Employment

Tory MPs have been saying railway workers earn more than they actually do

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act
Energy bills/ Image of money
Cost of living

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act

Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff
Low pay

Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff

The public are split over support for the train strikes, a poll has found
railway strike action
Strike action

The public are split over support for the train strikes, a poll has found

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
A woman holds a glass jar marked
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

Windrush monument receives mixed reception as 3 in 4 victims are still waiting for compensation
Windrush Day

Windrush monument receives mixed reception as 3 in 4 victims are still waiting for compensation

These charts show the extent of the cost of living crisis as inflation hits 40-year high
Cost of living/ Image of woman in supermarket
Cost of living crisis

These charts show the extent of the cost of living crisis as inflation hits 40-year high

Exclusive: Michael Gove vows to help Grenfell victims bring criminal charges
A protester holds a sign saying 'justice for Grenfell'. Michael Gove has vowed to help victims bring prosecutions.
Grenfell

Exclusive: Michael Gove vows to help Grenfell victims bring criminal charges

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘All my costs have gone up but my pay hasn’t’: Railway workers explain why they’re on strike
Union rail worker Matthew Lee holds a flag on the picket line outside King's Cross station
Rail strikes

‘All my costs have gone up but my pay hasn’t’: Railway workers explain why they’re on strike

Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus
Fire near Grenfell
Grenfell

Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
vagrancy act
Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws

These are the charities helping refugees in the UK
refugee charities
Refugees

These are the charities helping refugees in the UK

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