Part the Second By Michael Patrick O’Leary Declinism Last week, I wrote that for decades there had been a thriving literary genre consisting of works that portrayed Britain as the sick man of Europe (as the Ottoman Empire used to be known) and, indeed, in poor health globally. Much of this rhetoric came from the […]
People seen sleeping rough in London down 39% in a year – figures | St Albans & Harpenden Review stalbansreview.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stalbansreview.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than 3,000 people were seen rough sleeping on the capital s streets during the third coronavirus lockdown and more than half of them were sleeping rough for the first time, figures show.
Some 3,002 rough sleepers were identified by outreach teams in London between January and March, according to data from the Combined Homelessness And Information Network (Chain).
More than half (52 per cent) of these were sleeping rough for the first time, and 11 per cent were known to be permanently living on London s streets, the figures show.
A rough sleeper rests at the entrance of theatre, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in London, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
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