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‘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

Single Homeless Project’s annual research shows how London has become the epicentre of the country’s homelessness crisis with the rate of people becoming homeless surging
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer: 'I was really nervous before the first election debate'
My Big Year

Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer: 'I was really nervous before the first election debate'

The dark side of Christmas: Inside the factories where children are forced to make gifts and toys
Christmas gifts made in factories
Workers' rights

The dark side of Christmas: Inside the factories where children are forced to make gifts and toys

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night
Homelessness

Homeless woman reunites with couple who 'changed her life' when they gave her a bed for the night

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it
Daniel Hewitt

A young mum was left to rot in a home not fit for animals – and everyone needs to know about it

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'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas
HOMELESSNESS

'This could be a lifesaver': Homeless pods equipped with heart monitors open for Christmas

My son mysteriously vanished 17 years ago – Christmas is just another reminder he's gone
andrew gosden, who went missing 17 years ago
Missing people

My son mysteriously vanished 17 years ago – Christmas is just another reminder he's gone

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope
Lucy Dance, who runs the cycling project in the women's refuge. Image: Supplied
Cycling

These domestic abuse survivors are learning how to cycle. It helps them find freedom and hope

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here's Matt Chorley's gift guide for politicians
Politics

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here's Matt Chorley's gift guide for politicians

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Two-child benefit cap

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas

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

Prisons minister James Timpson: 'We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it's stabilising'
My Big Year

Prisons minister James Timpson: 'We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it's stabilising'

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Social care

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

'The children have seen so much blood': As calls for a ceasefire grow even louder – what's next for Gaza?
Gaza

'The children have seen so much blood': As calls for a ceasefire grow even louder – what's next for Gaza?

Can Christmas save Britain's high streets? It's complicated, experts say
High Street

Can Christmas save Britain's high streets? It's complicated, experts say

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'
pensioner with his head in his hands
Winter fuel payment

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
a person handling £20 notes in front of a cash machine / universal credit advance payment
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

'Daylight robbery': Fury as water bills to rise by £31 per year over next five years
homeless heatwave
Water bills

'Daylight robbery': Fury as water bills to rise by £31 per year over next five years

Government buys back military homes after 'disastrous' privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions
Stock image of semi-detached houses
Military homes

Government buys back military homes after 'disastrous' privatisation deal cost taxpayer billions

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots
protesters surround a police van
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
dwp's liz kendall
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears

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'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas
schoolchildren sat at desks
Homelessness

'It's heartbreaking': More than 56,000 primary school children homeless in England this Christmas

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: 'I lost everything'
Woman in prison
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: 'I lost everything'

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'
A homeless person's tent on the street
Rough sleeping

Labour must scrap controversial 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleeping: 'We're still waiting'