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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid predictions of worse to come

Person in sleeping bag on pavement next to bins with red 98 bus pulled up alongside with woman about to board bus
London’s mayor has blamed an increase in rough sleeping on ‘the legacy of years of underinvestment’ by the Tories. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Rough sleeping in London hit another record high this summer, with an 18% increase on the summer before, as the mayor predicted the problem was likely to get worse this winter.

In July, August and September 4,780 people were counted sleeping rough, the most since the quarterly counts began a decade ago.

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