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Experts weigh in on Tories' failure to end rough sleeping

Experts have questioned outgoing local government secretary Michael Gove’s excuse for the Conservatives’ failure to keep its pledge to end English rough sleeping.

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By Dan Peters | 04 July 2024
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Experts have questioned outgoing local government secretary Michael Gove's excuse for the Conservatives' failure to keep its pledge to end English rough sleeping.

The Conservatives' 2019 manifesto promised to ‘end the blight of rough sleeping by the end of the next Parliament'.

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