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Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
The week-long women’s rough sleeping census found homeless women are more hidden than male counterparts and missing from official the rough sleeping count
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Top Stories
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
Cost of living crisis
Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it’s far messier than that
Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it’s far messier than that
‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money
‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money
DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing ‘unimaginable terror’, MPs warn
DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing ‘unimaginable terror’, MPs warn
Housing
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
The places in England and Wales hit hardest by soaring rent crisis, revealed
The places in England and Wales hit hardest by soaring rent crisis, revealed
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Number of homeless children in England at a record high: ‘This needs to be a wake-up call’
Number of homeless children in England at a record high: ‘This needs to be a wake-up call’
Our vendors
Letters: I’m autistic and the DWP’s benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters: I’m autistic and the DWP’s benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives
Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives
Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: ‘Ordinary moments go unnoticed’
Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: ‘Ordinary moments go unnoticed’
Employment
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
Social justice
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it’s far messier than that
Sunak acts like his benefits crackdown impacts the whole UK – but it’s far messier than that
DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing ‘unimaginable terror’, MPs warn
DWP crackdown on disability benefits is already causing ‘unimaginable terror’, MPs warn
Activism
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough
Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
Environment
Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Meet the chemical engineer producing carbon-free fuel to keep our world running
Meet the chemical engineer producing carbon-free fuel to keep our world running
We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry
We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West