A new government plan to deport foreign rough sleepers using draconian immigration laws will lead to deaths on the streets, a Liverpool charity has warned. While attention was turned to the plight of hungry children across the country last week, the government quietly snuck out another plan that is claimed would punish the most vulnerable […]

A new report from the Prison Reform Trust reveals nearly six out of ten women leaving prison have nowhere safe to go. Many women are released with just £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and threat of recall if they miss their probation appointment. In so many ways the consequences are catastrophic for the […]

The Government has published a document setting out operating principles to support commissioners, staff and volunteers of rough sleeping accommodation (night shelters) as well as rough sleepers themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic, should the decision be taken to open a shelter. Night shelters carry a high risk of covid-19 transmission and settings should only be […]

A Merseyside MP has spoken of her determination to fight inequalities in Liverpool after new data revealed Black people in our region are more likely to become homeless. Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson said that Black people in Merseyside are “very vulnerable” to encountering housing problems because they are often in low paid jobs, and […]

Homeless people are facing a “double threat” of coronavirus and cold weather this winter that could see more deaths, charities have warned. A coalition of 17 health and homeless organisations including Crisis, St Mungo’s and several royal colleges has called for government action to keep homeless people off the streets and in accommodation where they […]