Figures showing a sharp rise in children living in bed and breakfasts for longer than six months in England and an increase in the number of people classed as living
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Councils must be required to regularly inspect temporary accommodation for homeless families to prevent dangerous conditions contributing to more than one child death a month, MPs have said. In response
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Actor Michael Sheen is to launch a new children’s book about homelessness called A Home For Spark The Dragon. Co-authored by Jess Webb with illustrations by acclaimed artist Sarah Massini,
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Districts experiencing some of the worst homelessness pressures are set to lose millions in prevention funding under Government plans, analysis suggests. Areas in England including coastal towns, rural communities and
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Rough sleeping in England has risen by a fifth in a year, according to new snapshot estimates branded “devastating and shameful”. The latest figures came as separate data showed a
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A total of 74 children, mostly babies, have died in recent years in England with temporary accommodation recorded as a possible contributory factor, new figures show. Fifty-eight of those who
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Rough sleeping funding to help people off the streets this winter has been tripled to £30 million. The Government had announced £10 million before Christmas to boost the use of
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Hundreds of cases of potentially homeless people, including domestic abuse victims, were dismissed by a council which has apologised for “failings” in its approach. Brentwood Council in Essex was accused
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More than 5,000 children in Northern Ireland are set to spend this Christmas living in temporary accommodation. It has emerged that in November there were 5,378 children in temporary accommodation,
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Almost 23,000 young people could face homelessness this Christmas across England, a youth charity has predicted. The South East, London and the West Midlands are expected to have the highest
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