Councils have given thousands of rough sleepers and
homeless people one-way train, bus and flight tickets to leave areas and
sometimes even to leave the country in the last four years, a Guardian investigation
can reveal. The tickets were bought through “reconnection policies” that aim to
encourage rough sleepers to voluntarily return to areas where they have family
and support networks. It has been described as “street cleansing” and an
abdication of responsibility by some campaigners and MPs. Data obtained by the
Guardian shows for the first time that 6,810 travel tickets have been purchased
across 83 councils in England and Wales since 2015. Read more on the Guardian
website.
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The YouGov poll also suggests that almost half of Britons think it would be
good for the country if Starmer were replaced
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