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Number of rough sleepers falls for second year in row
Greg Hurst, Social Affairs Editor
February 28 2020, 12:01am, The Times

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The government’s initiative to end rough sleeping gives money to local authorities to provide secure accommodation and specialist supportAlamy
The number of people sleeping rough has fallen for a second consecutive year in a boost for efforts to eradicate the most visible form of homelessness within five years.

An annual tally by local authorities in England estimated that 4,266 people were sleeping rough on a single night last autumn, 9 per cent lower than in 2018. This significant drop followed a fall of 2 per cent a year earlier, from a peak of 4,751 people in 2017.

Ministers will see the figures as a sign that a government initiative to end rough sleeping is having an impact. Launched two years ago, it funds local authorities that have higher numbers of people living on the streets, to help provide secure accommodation and specialist support. However,…


where are they being shifted to
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I thought these Lefties were supposed to be intellectuals...<laugh>
 
A case of controlling Cummings...

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Agree I cannot believe what one Labour MP said about timing.... they wonder why they are unelectable?
just think people actually voted for Corbyn and his muppet show! <doh><yikes>...<laugh>muppets