Claims that rough sleeping is falling in England should
not be trusted, the chair of the UK statistics Authority (UKSA) has said. Sir
David Norgrove’s comments are the latest development in a row over the apparent
2% fall in rough sleeping in England in 2018, which ministers said was a sign
the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) was tackling the homelessness
crisis. In a significant intervention, Norgrove said the official figures for
2018 should not be used until the government addresses concerns that some
councils that received RSI funding had deliberately underreported the scale of
the crisis in their area. Read more on the Guardian website.
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