HOMELESSNESS

Picking up the pieces and rethinking public services

As Rishi Sunak braces the UK for tax rises 'it has to be about more than just replenishing the public purse', writes Heather Jameson. 'This is a chance to rethink public services and how we fund them.'

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By Heather Jameson | 03 March 2021

2020 may go down in history as the year of the pandemic, but there is a tsunami of epidemics and outbreaks waiting to wash over us.

The latest figures from the charity Crisis claims 94% of local authorities are expecting a wave of homelessness, on top of the latest figures that reveal a 52% rise in rough sleeping from 2010 to autumn 2020.

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Heather Jameson

Popular articles by Heather Jameson

  1. Children's social care reform must be more than money
  2. Finance chief exits cash-strapped council
  3. Chief rejects calls for resignation
  4. Is this the big bang revolution for public services?
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