Experts have welcomed Labour's pledge to end the use of asylum hotels, but have urged the government to deliver on its ...

The NHS received a big budget boost in the spending review – but the cash injection will mean painful cuts to other public ...

Social housing, mini nuclear reactors and local buses are the big winners from Rachel Reeves’ spending review, as the ...

Labour laid out plans to spend £1bn a year replacing the household support fund with a new crisis and resilience fund at the ...

Wednesday's spending review saw Rachel Reeves reveal a £39bn affordable housing programme to build social housing ...

The Share Foundation founder Gavin Oldham explains the need for politicians to re-visit Thomas Jefferson's 'self-evident ...

Penned Up creator David Kendall on curating a decade of inspirational literary events in prisons, with Nick Cave among the ...

Legal aid, the system of free legal advice available to the public, has withered as government funding shrinks in real-terms ...

Dad-of-four Mike tells Big Issue how his uses the PIP benefit to pay for the therapy that keeps his depression and suicidal ...

The Vagrancy Act that has criminalised rough sleeping in England and Wales for more than 200 years is finally set to be ...

Should you get a reward for throwing your litter away? The gamification of good citizenship is making this a reality – but at ...

Food banks are already overwhelmed by demand for help. Disability benefit cuts will make it worse, the government has been ...