Home Office figures found that 32,059 asylum seekers were housed in hotels at the end of June 2025, up 8% on the same point 12 months ago.

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Kneecap are able to rally hundreds of fans to protest outside a court on a Wednesday morning. What's bringing them out?

Gladiators star Zack George has started a charity to support families suffering from grief after the death of prematurely ...

The Epping asylum hotel ruling in the High Court paves the way for other councils to take legal action to force Home Office ...

Homeless people could lose their legacy benefits if they fail to move to universal credit, the Department for Work and ...

Labour MP Ian Byrne on clashing with Keir Starmer on benefit reforms and what Labour needs to do to win the next general ...

We need a serious commitment to ending homelessness, not just managing it. That means real investment in trauma-informed ...

Green Party leadership contender Ellie Chowns spoke to the Big Issue about why "eco-populism" isn't the way forward.

The latest novel from Garth Greenwell finds the protagonist suffering from a serious illness and pondering questions of life ...

A nervous visit to a food bank led to a new start for Hugh McNeill. Now he is looking for help for it to survive.

Memory, a refugee living in the UK, writes about her experiences over the last year following riots and rising right-wing ...