Thursday, 20 December 2018

Rise In Homelessness Not Result Of Our Policies, Says Housing Secretary


Rising rough sleeping in Britain is not the result of government policy but is being driven by factors including the spread of psychoactive drugs such as spice, growth in non-UK nationals on the streets and family breakdown, the housing secretary, James Brokenshire, has claimed. The number of people sleeping rough has more than doubled since 2010 to 4,751 according to the government’s own figures. Brokenshire said “I see it as a combination of concerning elements in terms of addiction, family breakdown issues. The thing that struck me over recent months in speaking to some of the LGBT charities in terms of young people, because of their sexuality, being thrown out of home.” Read more on the Guardian website.

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