Charity boss issues call for action on homes crisis

FIGURES SHOW RECORD NUMBER OF HOMELESS CHILDREN IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION

- By DAVID DUBAS-FISHER AND JOSEPH TIMAN

A RECORD number of homeless children were living in temporary accommodation in March, as new figures show Labour is failing to tackle the country's homelessness crisis.

There were a total of 8,651 children declared homeless and living in temporary accommodation in Greater Manchester between January and March this year, according to figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

That's up from 7,896 at the end of June and is the highest number since comparative council-level figures became available in June 2019.

Back then there were 3,857 homeless children in temporary accommodation across Greater Manchester. The bulk of the total are located in Manchester.

There were 4,587 homeless children in the city at the end of March.