Crisis Steps Up Prevention Duty Pressure

A charity is pushing backbench MPs to table a bill imposing a homelessness prevention duty on councils, after the measure was left out of the Queen’s Speech. Homelessness charity Crisis has opened talks with MPs who will be best placed to table a Private Members’ Bill (PMB) this parliamentary term to introduce the legislation. PMBs rarely make it into law, but the charity believes the move would put pressure on the government to reveal publicly where it stands on introducing the duty, which would overhaul the way single homeless people are treated in England. Read more on Inside Housing.