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Officers in Croydon are investigating incidents this week in which one or more person set light to people sleeping rough.

The number of people found sleeping rough in London has increased by 31 per cent on the same period last year, according to the latest figures. GLA’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) quarterly report has revealed a total of 3,217 people were spotted between January and March 2019. Of ...

Theresa May’s Cabinet today welcomed the first fall in rough sleeping since 2010 after numbers dropped by 2 per cent, but failed to acknowledge the 165 per cent increase since 2010 when the party took the keys to number 10. The figures, which have been described as a "2 per ...

Statistics revealed today by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show that the number of people sleeping rough has reached its highest level since records began. A shameful 4,751 people were sleeping on the streets in the autumn of 2017, a figure that has rocketed in recent years as ...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There has been anger after Tory minister Baroness Williams said homeless people chose to sleep rough. Charities have said "rough sleeping isn't a lifestyle choice" after her remarks in the upper house during a debate. The Communities Minister made her controversial statement as she argued ...

Campaigners feared the Criminal Justice Bill had been drafted so widely it could result in rough sleepers being arrested or fined for smelling bad.

Shocking video footage of tents belonging to rough sleepers being trashed by waste contractors has caused outrage in Camden.

The charity Crisis will provide at least 450 rough sleepers with beds, companionship and three hot meals a day.

Sadiq Khan said he is "determined to do all he can" to help vulnerable rough sleepers battling the Coronavirus outbreak from the streets of London.