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‘We need bold action to prevent more people facing homelessness’
Ministers urged to unfreeze local housing allowance rates
Members of the public walking past a homeless man begging in central London

COUNCILS are at breaking point and haemorrhaging funds to keep record numbers of homeless families off the streets, MPs warned yesterday, as ministers were urged to unfreeze local housing allowance rates.

In a report published today, the public accounts committee says a “crisis situation” has been reached, with local authorities increasingly unable to meet the soaring costs of providing temporary accommodation.

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