Huge cuts to homelessness services will trigger a surge
in the number of people forced to sleep on the streets and pile more pressure
on hard-pressed NHS and social care services, charities have said. Several
councils are preparing to axe housing support services, including hostel beds,
refuges and sheltered housing, as they struggle to meet the demands of a fresh
round of multimillion-pound budget cuts from April. In Sunderland, the housing
support budget for homeless people in the city is being cut to zero. Read more
on the Guardian website.
Labour MPs call on Starmer to focus on radical ideas to lower cost of living
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Warnings from group of 104 MPs come amid fears party could lose next
election if voters do not feel better off
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