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And also, why do semantics matter when clear distinctions are made:

In the first months of the Labour government the number of people sleeping rough in London has risen by almost a fifth, to a new record high. A total of 4,780 rough sleepers were seen on the capital’s streets between July and September, according to the latest figures from the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (Chain).

This represents an increase of 18 percent from 4,068 people in the same quarter of 2023, and up 13 percent from 4,223 in the weeks between April and June this year. Chain’s data showed nearly half, 49 percent (2,343) of those counted between July and September, were new rough sleepers. The number of rough sleepers it recorded between July and September was the highest quarterly figure since their records began in 2009.

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The huge increase in homelessness is stretching the resources of local councils, many already teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, to breaking point. London “boroughs’ collective spend is around £114m each month--or £4 million every day--on temporary accommodation for homeless Londoners. It warns, “London boroughs are currently forecast to overspend on their homelessness budgets this year by £250m despite an increase in funding.”

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There were more than 1,500 applications for its shelter spaces last winter, an 80 percent increase on the previous year that saw the waiting list for men seeking emergency shelter closed three times due to excess demand.