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

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

Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus
Fire near Grenfell
Grenfell

Tower block fire near Grenfell brings trauma back into focus

Why is the UK’s air so polluted - and how to check levels at your address
Smog over London in 2012
Air pollution

Why is the UK’s air so polluted - and how to check levels at your address

Women march on Scotland Yard to protest police misogyny
met march
Policing

Women march on Scotland Yard to protest police misogyny

London's offices are emptying and landlords are being told to let community groups use them
Business

London's offices are emptying and landlords are being told to let community groups use them

Cleaners protest at Downing Street over ‘culture of disrespect’ exposed in Sue Gray report
Activism

Cleaners protest at Downing Street over ‘culture of disrespect’ exposed in Sue Gray report

Family of 5 accused of 'deliberately' living in a tiny studio flat win High Court battle
Campaigners celebrate high court win against Southwark Council
Housing crisis

Family of 5 accused of 'deliberately' living in a tiny studio flat win High Court battle

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay
London pavement house
Homelessness

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'
Housing

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement
Housing crisis

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement

'It can't be sustainable': The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates
Image of Central Hill housing estate in Lambeth.
Social housing

'It can't be sustainable': The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge
Social housing

Tenants in a block with mushrooms growing on the walls are refusing to pay their service charge

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections
LTNs
Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Local elections

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

Billie Eilish to lead six-day climate change conference in London
Climate change

Billie Eilish to lead six-day climate change conference in London

The left’s blind spot: London and regional inequality
Sam Bright

The left’s blind spot: London and regional inequality

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt
innocent greenwashing
Greenwashing

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt

More people deemed to be 'living on London's streets' than last year
rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

More people deemed to be 'living on London's streets' than last year

How Gina Martin changed the conversation on upskirting
Gina Martin is a British activist, writer and speaker.
Activism

How Gina Martin changed the conversation on upskirting

Tenants 'attacked' outside London estate agent during eviction protest
Tenants attacked in London estate agent eviction row
Renting

Tenants 'attacked' outside London estate agent during eviction protest

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