Labour pledges shelter for every rough sleeper during freezing weather

Red Robin - 18 December 2018

The party has pledged that every rough sleeper would be provided with emergency shelter under a Labour government.

Responding to plans by the Government to invest £5m in creating 'eleven rough-sleeping hubs', Labour has promised to set up a £100m fund to eliminate rough sleeping during the winter months.

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire admitted that: “No one should ever have to face a night on the streets, and as a government we are taking steps to ensure people are never faced with this as their only option."... See more


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