SAVING lives by Christmas and making homelessness history in five years was pledged as a Labour policy today, as part of the party’s “moral mission.”

Labour vowed to start saving the lives of rough sleepers by Christmas if it wins the general election next week.

It says a slate of targeted policies, led by a taskforce to be headed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, would add up to the “biggest package of help for the homeless in at least 20 years.”