The child poverty strategy promises to consider ways to boost people's incomes, but there are fears this will focus on ...

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Homelessness in London has been described as “an emergency” as new figures show that rough sleeping has more than doubled in ...

The average cost of accommodation for asylum seekers has more than doubled since 2019, despite “substandard” and “unsafe” ...

In a world where scammers are in charge, can we really blame those who are in need for attempting to pull the wool over our ...

Leeds International Piano festival means the city has become to piano competitions as Sheffield is to snooker championships.

The Room Next Door focuses on a pair of old friends reuniting with death looming on the horizon and a final test of their ...

Most single parents are relying on universal credit to support their income – but nearly half are living in poverty.

Despite 5,448 people recorded as dying from drugs, experts warn official figures miss the true scale of the UK's synthetic ...

A deadly new drug was linked to 21 deaths in Birmingham last summer but went under the radar. Big Issue uncovers the truth ...

Ambulance crews’ use of naloxone – an emergency drug used to reverse opioid overdoses – rose by 50% in 18 months, the Big ...