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MPs warned that homeless people are still in an ‘emergency situation’
HOMELESSNESS campaign groups warned MPs today that there was still an “emergency situation” on the streets, with hundreds sleeping rough in London alone.
Councillors and charities gave evidence at a housing, communities and local government select committee meeting on the progress of the Tories’ response to homelessness during the Covid-19 crisis.
Over the past two months councils and charities have co-ordinated an unprecedented effort to move rough sleepers into hotels following a call by Housing Minister Luke Hall in March to “bring everyone” off the streets.
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