A SHOCKING rise in homelessness will be on the Tories’ political tombstone, Labour blasted yesterday after the publication of a damning National Audit Office report.

Auditors found that Tory and Lib Dem benefit cuts have helped lead to a doubling in the number of people sleeping rough since 2010. Over 4,100 rough sleepers were recorded last autumn — a 134 per cent rise from 2010.

And there has been a 60 per cent rise in the number of families made homeless and forced into temporary accommodation — including more than 120,000 children — the auditors said.