UK Homelessness
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The group found themselves in trouble when one of about 100 donated propane tanks they were using to keep warm exploded.
Stratford Centre in Newham, London has become a homeless shelter in recent months as the rates of homeless rise across the city. One local group entire funded by donations is Hope for Newham, they have gone from providing meals every Tuesday night to 35 people to now feeding over 130 each Tuesday.
The figures, and the way they are collected, are widely criticised for failing to capture the scale of the problem.
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Homeless people will go unhoused, elderly and disabled people will go uncared for and vulnerable children will go unprotected. In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, this is unacceptable
GPs are also reporting a rise in the number of patients with no fixed address.