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Rocketing homelessness deaths mark a ‘national emergency’
A homeless person and their dog on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, January 12, 2018

DEATHS among homeless people in Britain soaring by 12 per cent in just one year are a “national emergency,” according the Museum of Homelessness. 

The project found that about 1,474 people died in homelessness last year, up from 1,313 in 2022.

Those among that number who died while sleeping rough rocketed by 42 per cent from 109 to 155 over the same period.

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