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‘Unacceptable’: Homelessness continues to rise but government has power to end it
Rough sleeping in England rises in a year with record numbers of children crammed into B&Bs
Fans make their way to the stadium ahead of the Sky Bet Championship match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, December 8, 2024

HOMELESSNESS was branded Britain’s “biggest source of shame” today after figures showed rough sleeping in England rose by a fifth in a year with record numbers of children crammed into B&Bs.

Annual government statistics estimated 4,667 people sleeping on the streets on a single night in autumn last year — a rise of 20 per cent — on the previous year’s snapshot of 3,898.

The latest figure is more than twice than when records began with 1,768 in 2010 and marks the third year in a row the number has risen since a peak of 4,751 in 2017.

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