Rough sleeping will soar unless Labour fills £1bn shortfall, charities say

Exclusive: Failure to extend funding risks biggest setback to ending homelessness in recent history', Rachel Reeves told

Rough sleeping is heading back to record highs unless Labour fills a looming 1bn shortfall in frontline funding when deals agreed by the last government expire in the coming months, dozens of homelessness charities have said.

Amid what campaigners have called a wall of silence" from the government about how it will tackle fast-rising homelessness, 76 charity bosses this week told the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, any failure to extend existing funding risks the most significant setback in progress towards ending homelessness and rough sleeping in recent history".

All forms of homelessness increasing.

Severely disadvantaged people being evicted from supported accommodation and forced into rough sleeping.

Extra strain on emergency services.