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Spring Statement: £20million investment in housing veterans a 'welcome surprise'
homeless veterans to get support at Spring Statement
Veterans

Spring Statement: £20million investment in housing veterans a 'welcome surprise'

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated
Women rough sleeping homelessness
Homelessness

The number of women sleeping rough could be seven times higher than estimated

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
homelessness
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Rough sleeping has risen by 26% in a year amid the cost of living crisis
Homelessness
Homelessness

Rough sleeping has risen by 26% in a year amid the cost of living crisis

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
A person sleeping on the street
Paul McNamee

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths

Brighton has its first night shelter specifically for LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ homelessness
LGBTQ+

Brighton has its first night shelter specifically for LGBTQ+ people

Number of people sleeping rough for the first time in London increased by a third before Christmas
rough sleeping London
Rough sleeping

Number of people sleeping rough for the first time in London increased by a third before Christmas

There is no single image of a 'homeless person'. Let's bust the myths about homelessness
Housing

There is no single image of a 'homeless person'. Let's bust the myths about homelessness

Why I spent the festive period giving food to people living on the streets of Manchester
John Junior

Why I spent the festive period giving food to people living on the streets of Manchester

The inspiring story behind the Greggs poker chips used to help rough sleepers
Greggs homeless poker chip
Homelessness

The inspiring story behind the Greggs poker chips used to help rough sleepers

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
Homelessness Manchester
Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life
Peter da Silva

I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK
Homelessness

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK

The number of people sleeping rough in England could be double the official count
sleeping rough homelessness
Homelessness

The number of people sleeping rough in England could be double the official count

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year
homeless deaths
Homelessness

Two people died while homeless every day in England and Wales last year

The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead
police vagrancy act
Layla Moran

The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead

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Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time
homeless deaths
Homelessness

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time

‘It's a big worry’: Michael Gove hints government could miss target to end rough sleeping
Michael Gove rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

‘It's a big worry’: Michael Gove hints government could miss target to end rough sleeping

Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
homelessness rough sleeping Autumn Statement
Homelessness

Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

A veteran who was living in his car 18 months ago will march at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance

A veteran who was living in his car 18 months ago will march at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday