Charities call for urgent investigation after 22% rise in recorded homeless deathsA record number of homeless people died last year, the biggest increase in deaths since reporting began, amid warnings fatalities are likely to be even higher in 2019.Charities and MPs have warned that austerity and cuts to services are driving a worsening homelessness crisis, as figures from the Office for National Statistics show that an estimated 726 homeless people died in England and Wales in 2018. This is a 22% rise from 2017 and the highest surge since the data was first collected in 2013. Continue reading…
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