Seabeck Hits Out At Government's 'Attempts to Change Homelessness Law'

Shadow housing minister Alison Seabeck has written to Grant Shapps demanding urgent clarification on the government’s homelessness policy after Tory Welfare minister Lord Freud, let slip that he thought it would be “very valuable” to change the legal definition of homelessness while being questioned by the Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee. The government’s plans to cap and cut housing benefit will see as many as 82,000 households made homeless in London alone according to Shelter, the housing charity. Seventeen housing charities and housing organisations wrote an open letter to Grant Shapps earlier this week expressing deep concern over the government’s policies and urging him to rethink to avoid an increase in homelessness. Read more on 24dash.