Homelessness minister Alison McGovern was asked this morning by LBC‘s Nick Ferrari how many homeless people there are in the UK. She couldn’t answer…
After giving the government’s number of 80,000 – based on how many people report themselves as homeless – Ferrari asked whether she knew the actual estimate given by one of the UK’s biggest homeless charities Shelter. She gave up:
“I understand why you challenge me on knowing the numbers and I try to be across my brief, but I don’t know the latest Shelter figure off the top of my head.”
As of December last year Shelter said there were 382,000 homeless people in England. Excruciating to watch…
The day after Starmer U-turned and refused to blame Trump for the war Rachel Reeves told the Mirror:
“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime, but to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.”