Numbers in temporary accommodation in England hit record

One family tells BBC News of their struggle to cope with two young children in a hotel room.

A history of living conditions in the East End – in pictures

Conditions of Living: Images of Home and Homelessness in London’s East End is the latest exhibition at the Four Corners gallery. Documenting housing over 100 years, it bears witness to how little has...

London homeless secretly sent to Liverpool City Region

Vulnerable homeless families were moved more than 200 miles by several London councils.

Riot police brought in to clear homeless people from east London convent

St Mungo’s homelessness charity workers begin month-long strike

Members of the Unite union will picket in London, Brighton, Bristol and Oxford after ‘pitiful’ pay offer

Homeless hostels close doors as cash-strapped councils cut 'non-essential' services

Councils across England are pulling funding for homelessness services, forcing some hostels to shut down entirely

NHS app will refer patients to private hospitals in effort to curb wait times

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak believes offering more choice for patients on hospital performance will increase standards.

‘Legacy blue checks’ disappear from Twitter as Musk’s changes take effect

Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue

More than 1,300 people died while homeless in UK during 2022

Charity says stronger policy and investment needed to tackle ‘appalling loss of life’, after 85% rise in deaths since 2019

T. rex skeleton sells for more than $6m

The "spectacular" skeleton, sold to a private buyer, is nearly 12m long and 4m tall.

Private landlords in England get £1.6bn a year welfare for ‘non-decent’ homes

Sadiq Khan describes figures from City Hall analysis as a scandal, with London the worst affected region

Hundreds of British people are needlessly going blind. Why? | Devi Sridhar

Patients on long waiting lists are losing their sight unnecessarily, while eye doctors are powerless to help in the face of Tory cuts and neglect, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at...