Corbyn calls soaring homelessness disgrace

The UK’s Labour party leader has called the soaring homelessness in the country a disgrace.

Jeremy Corbyn blamed the Tory government’s austerity policies for the deteriorating problem.

“It’s a disgrace that young and often vulnerable people are among the hardest-hit from the government’s cuts to welfare — cuts that make it far harder for people facing homelessness to get back on their feet,” he said. 

The comment came after official figures showed that nearly 69-thousand of British families had to stay in bed-and-breakfast lodging and other temporary housing between July and September.

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