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Councils in London will offer temporary accommodation to rough sleepers over Christmas. Credit: PA Temporary emergency measures are being introduced to protect London’s homeless as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing overnight. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocols that compel London’s councils and homeless charities to open emergency accommodation for rough sleepers across the capital during harsh weather conditions. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only self-contained accommodation such as hotel rooms will be offered, although shar...

Councils in London will offer temporary accommodation to rough sleepers over Christmas. Credit: PA Temporary emergency measures are being introduced to protect London’s homeless as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing overnight. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has activated the Severe Weather Emergency Protocols that compel London’s councils and homeless charities to open emergency accommodation for rough sleepers across the capital during harsh weather conditions. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only self-contained accommodation such as hotel rooms will be offered, although shar...

The spending follows the Government’s ‘Everyone In’ campaign to house rough sleepers during the coronavirus pandemic.  By September, the campaign had supported over 29,000 vulnerable people, with two-thirds now moved into settled accommodation.   Ministers are also seeking to ensure  there is no bailiff enforcement action over the Christmas period apart from in the most serious cases.  Communities Secretary Robert  Jenrick said:  “As we look back on an incredibly challenging year, everyone who has helped protect rough sleepers and those at risk of home...

Modules keeping rough sleepers off the streets this Christmas in King's Lynn Have you seen new portable cabins springing up around Lynn and wondered what they were? They are part of the strategy to combat rough sleeping in the borough, in part caused by the Covid crisis. That means that places like the Winter Night Shelter can take fewer beds due to social distancing restraints. Views of the Bunkabin Bespoke Sleeper Units on site next to The Kingsway Pavilion off Edward Benefer Way King's Lynn. (43563417) The Bunkabin modules at Kingsway Pavilion and St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn give hom...

Number of homeless deaths in England and Wales hit record high More than 280,000 people in England are homeless — over 170,000 in London alone (AFP via Getty Images) An estimated 778 people died while homeless in 2019 in England and Wales, an increase of 7.2 per cent compared to 2018. The ONS stressed it is the highest number of deaths of rough sleepers since the agency began collecting the data in 2013. There has been a 61.4 per cent increase between 2013 and 2019. The majority of identified deaths were in urban areas. London had the highest reported numbers, with 144 esti...