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Rough sleeping in London hits highest level in a decade

Almost 12,000 rough sleepers were seen by outreach workers in 2023-24, a 19% increase on the previous year

The Guardian - UK

Number of children in poverty with working parents increased by 900,000 in past decade, analysis suggests

‘Toxic combination’ of wage stagnation, real benefits cuts, and insecure work fuelling family poverty, union says

The Independent UK

The economy: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

The effects of austerity, Covid, war and the cost of living crisis are still haunting government and domestic finances

The Guardian - UK

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General election 2024: Labour and the Conservatives’s plans to tackle the housing crisis in full

A guide to the main parties’ manifesto promises on housing

The Independent UK

Guide Dogs UK blames cost of living crisis as it plans 160 redundancies

Largest trainer of dogs in country is trying to prevent an estimated £20m funding gap opening up by 2026.

The Guardian - UK

Rough sleeping clampdown 'utterly dehumanising' and 'the wrong approach', London homeless charity warns

Home Secretary James Cleverly is coming under pressure to make changes to Criminal Justice Bill

Evening Standard

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Renters in England face rising no-fault evictions as reform bill delayed again

More than 26,000 section 21 notices issued in five years since ban was announced, while social housing stock has plummeted

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Exposed: The Ashley Madison Hack; Making Sense of Social Housing; Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes – review

Not enough users of the hacked infidelity website share their stories; more on the UK’s housing crisis; and a philology of funnies

The Guardian - UK

Rough sleepers have been urinated on and had bricks thrown at them, survey shows

Charity Crisis found 90% of people it spoke to had experienced some form of violence or abuse while on the streets.

Evening Standard

Homeless man who criticised Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ comment dies on the street

Richard O’Brien died after becoming unwell while sleeping in a doorway in Cardiff

The Independent UK

McDonald’s apologises after security guard mops floor where homeless man is sitting: ‘Disgusting behaviour’

Fast food chain says it is ‘shocked’ by footage showing ‘disgusting’ treatment of man sleeping rough

The Independent UK

Shop Kate Moss and Stormzy's old clothes at Crisis' Savile Row charity pop-up

The beloved charity shop is returning with its Christmas celebrity pop-up for the fourth year in a row, with a host of designer and celebrity names on the donor list

Evening Standard

Virgin Media O2 expands national databank scheme for Christmas

The telecoms company is making free data, calls and texts accessible at more than 1,000 locations nationwide.

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‘Huge sigh of relief’ for renters after housing allowance unfrozen

Changes on both benefits and housing allowance will come into effect from April 2024.

The Independent UK

‘Action needed’ as no-fault eviction court proceedings hit seven-year high

Housing charities have repeated calls for a firm timetable on when Section 21 will be abolished.

The Conversation

Optus said it didn't have the 'soundbite' to explain the crisis. We should expect better

Asked on Wednesday to explain why Optus broadband and mobile services had been simultaneously knocked out for five hours, its chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin blamed a “technical network fault”, and then added:

Evening Standard

Joe Lycett raises £50,000 for homelessness charity with potpourri picture responding to Braverman comments

The comedian has surpassed his £50,000 target for Crisis UK.

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The Independent UK

Joe Lycett reaches homelessness charity target in response to Braverman comments

The comedian has surpassed his £50,000 target for Crisis UK.

The Guardian - UK

Charities criticise Suella Braverman for claim homelessness is ‘lifestyle choice’

Crisis, St Mungo’s and other groups write to home secretary to say blaming people for being on the streets increases their risk of harm

The Guardian - UK

‘More stressful than prison’: sharp rise in the number of empty properties in England

Homeless charity Crisis says thousands of people stuck in unsuitable temporary accommodation could be given a home if politicians took stronger action

The Independent UK

Employers urged to sign up to new pledge to help homeless in the workplace

Thames Water, Pret A Manger and Monzo are among the firms which helped draft the covenant.

The Independent UK

Thousands more refugees facing homelessness after government eviction rule changes

140 organisations, including Red Cross, Crisis and Shelter, write to Michael Gove and Suella Braverman

The Independent UK

Government rough sleeping funding ‘nowhere near enough’, charities say

The £34.6 million support package is on top of the original allocation of up to £500 million over three years.

The Independent UK

Councils struggling to cope with rising levels of homelessness, says charity

Core homelessness includes people sleeping rough, sofa-surfing, and in unsuitable temporary accommodation, Crisis said.

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