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'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Last year's rioting was not caused by people simply swayed by anti-immigration rhetoric, say new reports
Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Awaab's Law

Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'
Images of George Osborne and Rachel Reeves holding the budget box. Images: Flickr/ HM Treasury
Inflation

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds
Social housing

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds

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DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'

Is UK's housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less
UK housing
Racism

Is UK's housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords
Peer Lord Best in the House of Lords
RENTING

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future
Protesters in Serbia holding up a sign which translates as 'Your hands are bloody
Protest

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain

'We get sick, Meta get rich': Why the 'guinea pig generation' wants Labour to tax social media giants
Social Media

'We get sick, Meta get rich': Why the 'guinea pig generation' wants Labour to tax social media giants

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Person shown working at a laptop
Employment

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an 'assault' on the 'disabled, sick and elderly'
A group of seven campaigners from Big Brother Watch stand outside Parliament to protest the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Benefit fraud

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an 'assault' on the 'disabled, sick and elderly'

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'
Thames Water

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'

Labour's housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty
chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Housing benefit

Labour's housing benefit freeze leaves almost one million children at risk of poverty

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?
Just Stop Oil
Climate activism

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?

'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
Changemakers

'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist
Sustainable travel

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Modern slavery

I didn't know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero
Housing

This council is turning to the private sector to fix Britain's draughty homes and reach net zero

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Labour's housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Housing benefits

Labour's housing benefit freeze will cost low-income renters hundreds of pounds a year

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here's why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here's why

Rough sleeping in London 'as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won't improve until 2026
rough sleeping in London
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London 'as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won't improve until 2026

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Water

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'