A WINTER rough sleeping campaign was launched in London today as Sadiq Khan warned “unbearable” cost-of-living pressures have created a “conveyor belt” of people being forced on to the streets.

The London Mayor announced the annual push for donations to homelessness charities after Shelter warned nearly 40,000 more people are expected to spend this Christmas homeless than last year.

He said despite boosting funding for his rough sleeping budget "the stark reality is that the cost-of-living crisis is putting unbearable strain on households across the country and in the capital, causing a conveyor belt of rough sleepers on our streets.