In practice they have to be made rough sleepers before the council pays for emergency accommodation. Some sofa surf with friends etc, but a lot have to sleep rough, and that is not an easy path to em… (View Post)

The taxpayer is, so as to prevent them living as rough sleepers. It's much easier for them to find work and therefore accommodation from a hotel than a sleeping bag in a doorway. By definition t… (View Post)

This is a sensible decision. Note that these are people who have successfully applied for asylum. Currently they cease to be housed after 4 weeks, and as they have been banned from working while appl… (View Post)

I can barely stay awake with the excitement. (View Post)

It's been 2 years in development, a refurbishment of a disused psychiatry block, to tackle surgical waiting lists. Quite how they plan to address the psychiatric waiting list is unclear... (View Post)