Plans for a new accommodation centre for rough sleepers in Liverpool have fallen through - with £4 million of funding for the project returned to the government.
Plans were approved by the council's planning committee last March that would have seen a student housing block on Smithdown Lane converted to provide accommodation to support short-term homeless recovery in the city.
The project was set to be funded by the council and the government and was aimed at being the 'first step' for those sleeping rough on their journey towards long term accommodation.
