The UK’s largest provider of women’s refuges has welcomed ministers’ decision to ditch plans to devolve funding for the network to local councils. The charity Refuge said that the proposal
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A charity is using a drone in a pioneering move to search for homeless people sleeping rough in the countryside. The P3 charity is testing the technology in Lincolnshire, where
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An emergency payment scheme for homeowners flooded during Saturday’s heavy downpours in Northern Ireland has been opened. Belfast International Airport recorded more rainfall than the average for the whole of
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More than half of homeless families in temporary accommodation are in work, figures show. Some 55% of families are holding down a job despite having nowhere stable to live, research
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A detective who investigated the suspected murder of a homeless man in a pedestrian underpass told an inquest that two men were arrested but no charges were brought. Sergiusz Meges,
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A greedy chip shop boss who exploited vulnerable tenants by making them work for free at his takeaways because they feared becoming homeless has been jailed for eight and a
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A chronic shortage of housing support for women released from custody is driving them back to prison, a report claims. Arrangements are often made at the last-minute, with some women
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Homelessness in Britain could be eradicated within 10 years with the correct measures in place, according to a report. Government policies needed to end homelessness have been set out in
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The Government is being urged to reform the social security system after a new study revealed that 1.5 million people are “destitute”. Research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found
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The Welsh Government’s Supporting People Programme could be at risk of letting down vulnerable and elderly people due to the confusing way it will work and uncertainty it creates for
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