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Government slammed over lack of action to help the 160,000 children waking up homeless this Christmas
Homeless people rough sleeping

GOVERNMENT measures will do nothing to help the 160,000 children who will wake up homeless this Christmas, experts have said.

A senior Labour MP told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week that many of these youngsters were being forced into temporary accommodation due to his government’s decision to freeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA).

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