‘It’s generations of decline’: can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping?
A rough sleeper in south London. Burnham’s pledge has been welcomed by homelessness charities but with some scepticism. Photograph: Martin…
‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage
Sabza with the her daughter, who was promised to her future husband when she was three, to repay a debt…
Outlander star ‘saved from abuse from paedo football coach because he was skint’
Outlander actor Scott Kyle has revealed poverty may have saved him from being abused as a youth footballer – and…
Poverty, out-of-school-children driving insecurity in northern Nigeria — NSGF
The chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has identified widespread…
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare/The Guardian We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a…
It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
‘It’s my pretend reality’ … Anders Fernstedt, a former journalist who has lived outside the property for three years. Photograph:…