Homeless charities have blasted the government’s “shameful” record on housing, after nearly 1,000 people died while homeless in Britain last year.
Official figures reveal that 741 people died while homeless in England and Wales during 2021, and another 250 people in Scotland. The damning stats take Britain’s homeless death total to 991 last year alone, and back up to pre-pandemic levels.
Nearly two in five deaths were related to drug poisoning, while another 13 per cent were suicides, up by a third in a year.
