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Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant

The restaurant offers staff not just a living wage and training, but a route to transform their lives
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  
Kristian Jackson

Pride or safety? This is the reality of being LGBTQ+ on public transport  

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices
Housing

'This is the dream': These Londoners built their own homes to beat sky-high house prices

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Cuts on our children's faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services
Bruce Houlder

Cuts on our children's faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'
Homeless families at a protest about council housing
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
A rough sleeper's tent
Rough sleeping

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

'I'm sorry': London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row
Labour MP Jas Athwal speaking in the House of Commons
Social care

'Infuriating and disgraceful': Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
An aerial photo of London
Housing crisis

'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners

'Utterly unsustainable': Homelessness in London at highest level on record
Homelessness

'Utterly unsustainable': Homelessness in London at highest level on record

'We're not diesel monsters': Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change
Climate change

'We're not diesel monsters': Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'
London's Elizabeth Line
Architecture

Elizabeth Line named Britain's best new building at Stirling Prize 2024: 'Flawless and beautiful'

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: 'People are dying at terrifying rates'
A couple rough sleeping under a blanket in London
Homelessness

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: 'People are dying at terrifying rates'

Nearly half of Londoners don't realise how bad child poverty actually is: 'Deeply concerning'
child in london
Child poverty

Nearly half of Londoners don't realise how bad child poverty actually is: 'Deeply concerning'

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless
Transport

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Activists from London Renters Union hold up placard calling for
Rent controls

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: 'People will become homeless'
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on a building site
Housing crisis

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: 'People will become homeless'

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

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Revealed: Housing gentrification 'costing low-income Londoners £80 a week'
Aylesbury Estate in Southwark one of the council estates earmarked for demolition
Housing

Revealed: Housing gentrification 'costing low-income Londoners £80 a week'

Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London's Oxford Street from 'hell' into paradise?

Here's a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers
two dogs on a pedicab in London
Photography

Here's a unique side of London captured through the lens of homeless photographers

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
An aerial shot of central London
Housing crisis

London housing crisis 'breaking borough budgets' as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall