BBCNEWS The Daily Global June 4, 2024 18:52:00
If you go out late at night on the streets of central london, you are likely to see significant numbers of people sleeping rough — and new figures do show an increase of 9% on the same period last year. there were 3,272 people sleeping outside in the three months between april and june. over 1,600 were found to be rough sleeping for the first time, that�*s a 12% rise on the year before. the situation in london is being seen in some other parts of the country too, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. london, july 2023. 3am on britain�*s most famous shopping street...