The situation, as reported in this newspaper on many occasions, is out of control.
Today we hear of record numbers of people reporting themselves as experienced in street sleeping this year.
But the truth of the matter is that each and every person, young and old, who finds themselves sitting on a cold pavement as Christmas approaches is living proof of lives going badly wrong. Fuel payment is right thing to do The Labour Government’s means-testing of the Winter Fuel Payment was not its finest moment.
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