'THIS IS A NATIONAL SCANDAL'

CALL FOR ACTION AS NUMBER OF HOMELESS CHILDREN IN TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION ON MERSEYSIDE RISES

- By LIAM THORP ECHO Political Editor

THE number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation in Merseyside has continued to rise under the Labour government.

A total of 1,548 children in our region were homeless and living in temporary housing such as hotels and B&Bs between October and December 2024. That’s up from 1,419 children in the previous quarter, and higher than the 1,055 children in the same period of 2023. It’s also the highest on record since comparable figures became available in 2019.

The majority of the children (1,147 of them) were in Liverpool. That's up from 1,011 in the previous quarter - from 741 in the last three months of 2023 and from 504 in the last three months of 2022.