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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

'Simply inadequate': Government fund to tackle homelessness criticised by London boroughs

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan during a visit to the homelessness charity Crisis - (PA)

Government grants to tackle spiralling homelessness have been branded “simply inadequate” by a London council leader.

Leader of Labour-run Redbridge, Kam Rai, described the cash announced by Angela Rayner on Wednesday as a “mere drop in the ocean”.

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