Men made up 84% of homeless deaths. The north-west, including cities such as Manchester and Liverpool, experienced the largest increase in homeless deaths, more than doubling in five years, from 55 in 2013 to 119 in 2017. Previously, separate estimates by the Guardian (based on freedom of information requests) and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (using crowdsourcing) were the only figures available on homeless deaths. On Tuesday the communities secretary, James Brokenshire, said government policy was not responsible for the rise in rough sleeping. Brokenshire said on Thursday the figures would help the government in its “mission to end rough sleeping for good”.

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2018 10:17 UTC