Johnson: Number of rough sleepers is ‘way too high’
The latest figures suggest that 4,266 people were sleeping rough in England on a single night in autumn 2019.
The latest figures suggest that 4,266 people were sleeping rough in England on a single night in autumn 2019.
More than £10,000 has been raised to foot the bill for the groundbreaking initiative, which is being rolled out across Bristol, Bath and Weston-super-Mare
The figures show that 2,069 people were new rough sleepers, a rise of 50 per cent, meaning someone is becoming homeless 22 times a day and nearly every two hours.
The average price of a flat in William IV Street is over £1.3million
Rough sleepers have been told their belongings will be removed from council-run car parks because they could be “tripping hazards”.
Sunderland, Barnsley, Barking and Dagenham were among the 33 councils with zero rough sleepers in 2017, according to a HuffPost UK investigation into shaky "official" government data. Charnwood, Braintree, Knowsley, Redcar and Eastleigh were also named in the government's statistics that rely on data from just one night of the year in ...
A council has been accused of using a homeless man’s death to place a memorial in a shop doorway - to deter rough sleepers. Residents claim Newquay Town Council is being heartless after it placed a planter in the doorway of a vacant shop where homeless man Phil Hancock was ...
Temperatures are set to drop below zero around the United Kingdom and already we have lost rough sleepers over the past few days. If you see a rough sleeper, please let them know that there is help on hand as the temperatures plummet dangerously. If you are concerned about someone ...
The man slept next to another man on a pair of discarded mattresses in the centre of Edinburgh in temperatures as low as -5C at night.
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