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  • 14 Jan 2012
    Housing benefit reform – on the move

    Many people have not yet realised the full impact of housing benefit and other welfare reforms threatening further hardship for those already disadvantaged. On political if not humanitarian grounds, the government would do well to stop targeting those in greatest need, says Savi Hensman, examining the specific issue of housing benefit.

  • 24 Dec 2011
    Kirk minister urges more action on homelessness

    Homelessnness kills, yet it seems like the world is still walking on by while it happens, says a senior Church of Scotland minister.

  • 8 Apr 2011
    Politics, soup and suffering

    Yesterday (7 April 2011) Westminster City Council ignored the opposition and pressed ahead with plans for a by-law which will outlaw rough sleeping and mobile food distribution (i.e. soup runs) in a designated area around the Victoria station in London. Final decisions await a full Council meeting in May.

  • 17 Aug 2010
    Debt services critical for those facing housing hardship

    The Government must keep funding for debt advice services to help the thousands of families at risk of arrears and repossession, says Shelter.

  • 10 Jan 2010
    Concern grows for homeless as freeze continues

    With temperatures unlikely to rise much above freezing, the plight of the country's thousands of homeless people has been highlighted by charity workers, who are urging local authorities to step up relief efforts.

  • 3 Jan 2010
    Volunteers accuse government of neglect for the homeless

    Volunteers working with church and secular homeless relief and action groups over the Christmas period have accused the government of failing to respond adequately to the needs of rough sleepers during the cold snap.

  • 4 Apr 2009
    Archbishop calls on churches to back housing charity over Easter

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is calling on all Christians to hold special services this Easter in aid of Shelter’s work with homeless and badly housed families.

  • 3 Nov 2008
    Huge increase in number of London's homeless

    A voluntary organisation working with homeless people has found several hundred rough sleepers in Central London, challenging estimates made by both Westminster Council and central Government.

  • 2 Nov 2007
    Deadline in fight against ban on 'soup runs' reached

    A deadline is reached today for churches and others who help London's homeless, to protest against a proposed ban on soup runs. London Councils have put forward a proposal to prevent or restrict the "distribution of free refreshments", aimed at ending soup runs.