Homelessness applications and the number assessed as homeless both reduced during 2015/16 according to a new publication by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. The Homelessness and Housing Options Statistics also show: A
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A three-month-old baby has died after an incident at a family support centre in West Lothian. Emergency services were called to Strathbrock homeless facility in West Main Street, Broxburn, last
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“Forgotten” refugees are being left hungry and homeless in England, a new report claims. They are being virtually abandoned by the government which has committed to protect them, according to
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The level of homelessness in Scotland is an “obscenity” which the Scottish and UK governments must to do more to tackle, a church leader has said. The incoming Moderator of
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Some groups of people are “often excluded from wider health services” affecting their end-of-life care, a report found. Groups mentioned in the report as being disadvantaged are people who are
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A “shocking” 1.25 million people in the UK were classed as destitute last year, including 300,000 children, according to a new study. Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that
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New laws are needed to stop councils allowing people to slip into homelessness, Labour has insisted. The party’s shadow housing and planning secretary, John Healey, has backed calls by the
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Almost 5,000 children in Scotland were homeless and living in temporary accommodation at the end of 2015, official figures have revealed. The latest quarterly statistics on homelessness showed that on
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Charities have warned of a “housing crisis” after new figures showed that 56,500 households were accepted as homeless in England in 2015 – a rise of one-third since David Cameron’s
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A charity is calling for all Scottish parties to back its five-point plan to end homelessness as it launched its new manifesto yesterday. With backing from Cabinet Secretary for Social
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