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Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch
Big Issue vendor Vulusi Bolmadir
Our vendors

Popular Big Issue vendor seriously injured after being run over near his pitch

I paid £100 a week for a bunk bed in overcrowded east London flat, says victim of Shadwell fire
Zubayer Khan, Shadwell Fire
Housing

I paid £100 a week for a bunk bed in overcrowded east London flat, says victim of Shadwell fire

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated
Women rough sleeping homelessness
Homelessness

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents' complaints of overcrowding
Overcrowding

Man dies following fire in tiny London flat housing nearly 20, despite residents' complaints of overcrowding

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take
Holiday lets

‘Tourism is all-consuming’: How Airbnb’s ethical rival is letting communities decide how much tourism they can take

Overcrowded London: 16 people discovered living in tiny flat after fire breaks out
Housing crisis

Overcrowded London: 16 people discovered living in tiny flat after fire breaks out

Jessica Barden: 'Being a young person in London is really stressful'
Jessica Barden
interview

Jessica Barden: 'Being a young person in London is really stressful'

This food bank with a DJ is helping London's homeless and vulnerable
food bank
Cost of living crisis

This food bank with a DJ is helping London's homeless and vulnerable

Could a rent freeze be on the way?
rent freeze and rent controls to combat rising rents
RENTING

Could a rent freeze be on the way?

Meet the woman who's making your Tube journey safer from air pollution
Tanya Beri
Air Pollution

Meet the woman who's making your Tube journey safer from air pollution

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens
Robin Hood Gardens social housing
Social housing

A new photo exhibition is telling the stories of the people who lived at iconic Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens

'Nothing fills that void': 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution
A school photo of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. She was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
Air Pollution

'Nothing fills that void': 10 years since Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died from air pollution

Campaigners halt eviction after man told his home is ‘no longer used for the Eritrean Community’
eviction Eritrea
Housing

Campaigners halt eviction after man told his home is ‘no longer used for the Eritrean Community’

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
St Paul's during a London air raid, WWII
John Bird

A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains

‘Grenfell had fire, we have floods’: Tenants take legal action against council to fix flood-hit homes
London social housing fight near Grenfell. SPID Theatre
Social Housing

‘Grenfell had fire, we have floods’: Tenants take legal action against council to fix flood-hit homes

Number of people sleeping rough for the first time in London increased by a third before Christmas
rough sleeping London
Rough sleeping

Number of people sleeping rough for the first time in London increased by a third before Christmas

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
Monument by Rachel Whiteread
John Bird

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles

Big Issue vendor uses magazine sales to fund Philippines retirement
Big Issue vendor AJ
Our vendors

Big Issue vendor uses magazine sales to fund Philippines retirement

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills
Activism

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law
Signs that read
Protest

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law

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