Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze
social housing
Social housing

Calls for social housing rent strike after government rejects freeze

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation
Airbnb

Housing activists launch campaign calling for Airbnb regulation

Campaigners hold fake award ceremony outside landlord’s office over £200-a-month rent hike
renting protest in Glasgow
RENTING

Campaigners hold fake award ceremony outside landlord’s office over £200-a-month rent hike

As the energy price cap is announced, where is the government? We investigate
Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting
Cost of living crisis

As the energy price cap is announced, where is the government? We investigate

Warm This Winter: Charities form campaign group to fight cost of living crisis
Warm This Winter
Energy crisis

Warm This Winter: Charities form campaign group to fight cost of living crisis

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises
A hand points to buttons on a gas boiler
Energy bills

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week
Iceland loans
Cost of living crisis

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week

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

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners
Energy bills

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it
The River Derwent. Tory MPs voted down amendments to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers and seas. Photo: © Malcolm Coils (cc-by-sa/2.0)
Sewage pollution

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
housing benefit
RENTING

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit

Homeless outreach group offers sleeping bags to those in need after huge donation
Streets Kitchen
Homelessness

Homeless outreach group offers sleeping bags to those in need after huge donation

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
arctic monkeys singer alex turner leans into a microphone while singing and wearing an open pale blue shirt and sunglasses
Global exclusive

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills
Seagreen
Energy crisis

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills

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

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’
Homelessness
HOMELESSNESS

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy
Minium wage

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn
Cost of living crisis

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty
Higher education

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning
Ukraine refugees
UKRAINE

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning