Dropping the two-child benefit cap would come at a cost of £2.5bn but lift half a million children out of poverty.

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Hundreds of jobs were lost on Tyneside when Nestle shut its factory down. More could follow if the UK doesn’t sort manufacturing plans out.

Newcastle United's Saudi owners promised 'massive investment' in the city. Instead, the city's leaders have made fools of ...

A coalition of leading renters’ groups is calling on the government to introduce compensation for evicted tenants in the ...

Joker: Folie a Deux fails by exploring the interior of its characters’ minds in the most literal, restrictive way.

Jeff Young always had a notion that somewhere out there was his lost, wild twin. He went looking for them and lost himself in ...

Homelessness services have warned the end of Rough Sleeping Initiative funding could leave them facing a financial cliff-edge ...

Big Issue helped Earl Charlton beat addiction and homelessness. Now he’s back on his Newcastle pitch for the Big Issue ...

Waterloo Road actor James Baxter will join a panel of community leaders for Big Issue's Big Debate to discuss how to drive ...

Rent controls have been criticised by landlords and right-wing IEA. But pro-renter groups want Labour to introduce them to ...