Moran: Rough sleeping shames our whole country
Thursday, 31 January 2019 10:26
The Liberal Democrats have today called for cross-party support for
Layla Moran's Bill to scrap the Vagrancy Act following the
publication of official figures which reveal there were 4,677 rough
sleepers across England in Autumn 2018. Liberal Democrat MP Layla
Moran said: “The fact that thousands of people sleep rough every
night shames our whole country. These figures don’t even capture
the many more ‘hidden homeless’ in insecure and unsuitable
accommodation. “Even worse,...Request free trial
The Liberal Democrats have today called for cross-party support for
Layla Moran's Bill to scrap the Vagrancy Act following the
publication of official figures which reveal there were 4,677 rough
sleepers across England in Autumn 2018.
Liberal Democrat MP said:
“The fact that thousands of people sleep rough every night shames
our whole country. These figures don’t even capture the many more
‘hidden homeless’ in insecure and unsuitable accommodation.
“Even worse, hundreds of homeless people die each year, as the
tragic death of Kane Walker in Birmingham on Sunday reminded us.
The Tories are failing our most vulnerable people.
"The Liberal Democrats demand better. We want the Government to be
building up to 100,000 social homes a year, provide
accommodation and support to those in need, and finally back my
Bill to scrap the Vagrancy Act."
ENDS
Notes to editors:
The 'Rough sleeping in England: autumn 2018' statistics can be
found here.
They show 4,677 rough sleepers in Autumn 2018, down slightly from
the 2017 number (4,751) but still well up on previous years.
More on Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill 2017-19 can be found here.
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