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Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Prince William
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The future king is aiming to demonstrate that preventing homelessness is the key to tackling the issue as his Homewards initiative turns three
The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham delivering a speech in Manchester
Housing

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support
Baby banks

Baby banks are becoming 'as normalised as food banks' as 1,000 children a day need support

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Wates and Big Issue found common ground
Advertorial

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners
Heatwave

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup'
Sport

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup'

DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts
person driving
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years
Faerie Newbuild sculpture by 10Foot at Museum of Homelessness
10Foot

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'
Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith
Brexit

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime
Sport

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'
A street in Boston in Lincolnshire
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Agricultural land in England was enclosed as early as the 13th century. This is a Medieval illustration of men harvesting wheat
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Ghulam Qasim
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
a homeless person on the street
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'
The AT&T Stadium in Dallas will host nine games in the World Cup
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have'
The Nomad with Jeb and Charlie
homelessness

'For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have'

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’
Langmead House in Bromley-by-Bow
Housing

The Londoners living without access to water for six months as temperatures rise: ‘It’s unbearable’

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis
a data centre
Artificial Intelligence

London's data centres use 750,000 homes' worth of electricity. It's bad news for the housing crisis

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'
child at window
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'