Since the start of 2016 over 18,000 people have been placed in bed and breakfast hotels as a means of temporary accommodation in England. With more than a third staying at these hotels for more than 6 weeks. Councils in Gloucestershire have spent more than £100,000 of public money putting up homeless people in hotels […]
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Should we stop giving food to homeless people?
People in Cheltenham are being advised not to give food to homeless people on the street. This follows a movement in Birmingham by a street intervention team who claim that those sleeping rough are not struggling for food, and that it is unnecessary for passers-by to give them sandwiches and coffee. A charity in Gloucestershire […]