The Rough Sleeping Crisis Is A Moral Emergency - Made By The Tories
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to seize control of the news agenda, and Tory Prime Minister Johnson and Diet Tory Leader Starmer thrash it out over who can be the most Brexity - which is rather bizarre for a pair of closet Remainers - the domestic agenda hasn’t just been overlooked, it has been completely and utterly abandoned. The most obvious example of this neglect from the political class can be found sleeping in shop doorways, multi-story car parks, allotment sheds, and just about anywhere that might provide some short term shelter from the elements. The UK has seen a fair amount of snowfall over the last few days, and the forecast ahead suggests temperatures will be hovering around freezing for a while yet. Be in no doubt, the rough sleeping crisis was out of control before the arrival of Covid-19. In fact, consecutive Conservative governments have more than DOUBLED the number of people sleeping rough. Since the global turn to austerity in 2010, every country that int