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Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
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Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
RENTING

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits University College London East as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
Department for Work and Pensions

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
Deborah from Sheffield faced a section 21 eviction
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs

Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
Housing secretary Angela Rayner is responsible for Labour renting reforms
RENTING

Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits
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Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
Two Peckham residents
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness
a person experiencing homelessness on the street
Homelessness

More than half of Brits think there'll always be significant levels of homelessness

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans
nhs workers protesting
NHS

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families
person sat on bed in dark room worrying
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be 'soul destroying' for struggling families

Labour must clamp down on 'mega-donors' like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn
Elon Musk
Politics

Labour must clamp down on 'mega-donors' like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025
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House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'
A woman holding a banner reading 'Justice'
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

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Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?
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Christmas

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes
homeless tents on Oxford Street in London
Homelessness

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
A row of houses in the UK
Renting

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords