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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Ministers could ban London councils moving vulnerable homeless families out of the capital

London councils could be banned from “dumping” homeless households outside of the capital, it has been revealed.

It comes after official figures suggest around 1,300 families were relocated from London to other places in England in the year to March 2025, up from 670 in the 12 months to March 2023.

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