Jeremy Corbyn has warned the Government is “failing a whole generation of children” who are falling victim to rising homelessness and poverty. The Labour leader’s remarks come after a report
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Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has published new research which shines a light on the thousands of children growing up in homeless families. The report, “Bleak houses: Tackling
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Thousands of children are growing up in “dangerous” converted shipping containers and office blocks in “cramped conditions”, a report has found. The Bleak Houses report by the Children’s Commissioner for
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Families are spending months in “cramped and unsafe” conditions by living inside converted shipping containers used as temporary accommodation for the homeless. Ealing Council constructed a number of the “heavily
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Calls have been made to tackle the rough sleeping crisis after campaigners claimed one homeless person is dying on average every 19 hours. The Museum of Homelessness (MoH) suggested the
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Forced evictions of unsuccessful asylum seekers have been condemned as “regrettable and harsh” by the Archbishop of Glasgow. Philip Tartaglia (pictured) accused the UK Government of “bringing indignity and suffering
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Hundreds of children face becoming homeless during the school summer holidays because of the housing crisis, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) estimates that 320 children in
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Council social services bosses have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they have handled the case of a baby girl whose parents are trying to turn
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Jeremy Hunt has pledged to take a “housing first” approach to ease the homelessness crisis by giving rough sleepers unconditional access to permanent shelter and treatment. The contender to be
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A council has been ordered by the High Court to temporarily house a mother and her 12-week-old son to prevent them being made homeless ahead of a legal challenge. Camden
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