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How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping

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New prime minister Andy Burnham starts with vow to end rough sleeping. Here’s how he aims to do it

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Homelessness could rise by 25% by the end of the decade. Here’s how Andy Burnham can take action

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Revealed: Homeless people face ‘postcode lottery’ of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

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I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances

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The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

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Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

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Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

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Refugee homelessness set to surge once more as asylum backlog falls, experts warn

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Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: ‘I was afraid to sleep’

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Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

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Duncan Shrubsole

Homelessness remains at crisis point so we’re funding local solutions to fix it

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Boost for Sadiq Khan as rough sleeping in London plummets: ‘Now build on it’

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Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

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Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

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Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

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Record-high number of people sleeping rough in England amid warning kids left homeless on streets

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Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets

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How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping

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Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

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