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'Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too'
Heatwave in London circa 1935
Housing

'Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too'

As cities become hotter, many homes no longer provide a place of safety. Melting Metropolis is a project that combines histories, geographies and research to highlight stories around urban heat islands
Awaab's Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here's what you need to know
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Housing

Awaab's Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here's what you need to know

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: 'We're blaming people for their poverty. And it's not their fault'
John Bird and Angela Rayner
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: 'We're blaming people for their poverty. And it's not their fault'

Rising childcare costs during summer holidays leave working parents paying £1,145 per child
Social Justice

Rising childcare costs during summer holidays leave working parents paying £1,145 per child

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'
Our vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet
Sustainable Ventures HQ in London's old County Hall building
Big Issue Invest

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?
renters from ACORN and London Renters Union storm the stage at the National Landlord Investment Show to demand rent controls
Housing

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'
Michael Duffy, who is now a healthy five-year-old but had an aggressive form of childhood cancer.
Employment rights

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat
Energy House 2.0 in Salford
Technology

Inside the lab where new homes are tested to see if they can stand the heat

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: 'Forget right or left, it's people who own things and people who don’t'
YouTuber JimmyTheGiant
Politics

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: 'Forget right or left, it's people who own things and people who don’t'

Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'
Azuriah at an activity with his mum, Natalie
disability

Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'

Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action
Stock image of a homeless woman
Housing

Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here's how Andy Burnham can take action

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves
a homeless man in hot weather
Investigation

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’
Dr Louisa Munch

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again
Kego at a street football tournament with The Last Stand.
Football

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg raising a fist in protest
Music

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor
A protester with a placard reading:
poverty premium

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor

PIP assessment process is 'dehumanising' and 'degrading', government's Timms Review finds
stephen timms
Disability benefits

PIP assessment process is 'dehumanising' and 'degrading', government's Timms Review finds

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer meet school children in Manchester
Housing

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff stands with a magazine on Union Street in Bath.
News

Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’
a housing estate in Luton pictured from the air
Housing

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'
Angela Rayner
Politics

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon
America at 250

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'