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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dahaba Ali Hussen

More than 1,300 people died while homeless in UK during 2022

Tents belonging to people sleeping rough in London in January.
Tents belonging to people sleeping rough in London in January. Fatalities in England rose by 22% in one year, to 875. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

More than 1,300 people in the UK died while homeless last year, according to figures that highlight the stark regional differences within the UK, as cuts to health, mental health and drug and alcohol services took their toll.

Research by the charity Museum of Homelessness shows that the number of homeless people who died in 2022 was 1,313, an 85% increase on the numbers recorded by the study just three years earlier.

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