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‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers
Homelessness

‘We tried to throw the rule book out’: How a trailblazing housing scheme will help rough sleepers

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice
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Health

‘It nearly destroyed my life’: Menopause activist teams up with Big Issue to give sellers crucial advice

Number of rough sleepers in London rises by 10 per cent in just three months
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Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers in London rises by 10 per cent in just three months

West Ham open doors of London Stadium to people experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

West Ham open doors of London Stadium to people experiencing homelessness

Record numbers of people faced homelessness due to ‘no-fault’ evictions at the start of 2022
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Homelessness

Record numbers of people faced homelessness due to ‘no-fault’ evictions at the start of 2022

Homeless families are being moved out of Birmingham hotels ahead of the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games Birmingha
Commonwealth Games

Homeless families are being moved out of Birmingham hotels ahead of the Commonwealth Games

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
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Ian Anstice

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too

Meet the heatwave heroes making sure those in need get support as temperatures soar
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Heatwave

Meet the heatwave heroes making sure those in need get support as temperatures soar

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England
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UKRAINE

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves
Heatwave

Government urged to bring in new laws to protect homeless people in heatwaves

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave
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Heatwave

People are being urged to help rough sleepers during the heatwave

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths
Tina Robson homeless death inquest
Homelessness

How a mother’s fight to learn how her daughter died in a homeless hostel could prevent thousands of deaths

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’
Ukraine refugees
Ukraine

A government minister said hundreds of Ukraine refugees becoming homeless is a ‘trickle’

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year
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Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year

What are homeless hostels?
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Homelessness

What are homeless hostels?

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William
Dave and Prince William on their pitch selling The Big Issue Photo: Andy Parsons
Prince William x The Big Issue

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William

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‘Homelessness is a societal issue so it has to be a societal solution,’ says Mick Clarke of The Passage
Housing

‘Homelessness is a societal issue so it has to be a societal solution,’ says Mick Clarke of The Passage

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
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Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'
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Prince William

Prince William: 'Why I wanted to work with The Big Issue'

What really happened when Prince William sold The Big Issue
Prince William and Dave Martin
Prince William x Big Issue

What really happened when Prince William sold The Big Issue