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    Surge in number of people sleeping rough in England ‘a national shame’

    by Rosie Shead Feb 29, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    The number of people sleeping rough in England rose by 27% in a year, with charities branding the statistics a “source of national shame”.

    There were 3,898 rough sleepers on a single night in autumn 2023, up from 3,069 in 2022, according to the latest Government figures.

    The 2023 total is more than double the 2010 figure when 1,768 rough sleepers were recorded.

    Every region in England and Humber (59%), the (49%) and the (46%), the data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) revealed.

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