Boris Johnson’s Levelling Up plan will not help the “deluge” of families facing homelessness due to the rising cost of living, charity chiefs warn.
They say the flagship policy, blasted for being empty on ideas and funding, is meaningless without investment in new homes.
More than 222,360 households – equivalent to a city the size of Liverpool – have slipped into homelessness since the start of the pandemic, says charity Shelter.
