More than 60% of England's homeless children living in temporary accommodation are in London.
There are more homeless children in London than the rest of the country put together, figures from charity Shelter show.
She spent 11 days on the street before moving into a temporary studio flat with a mice issue in south London, where she has remained ever since. Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said the charity was bracing itself for a sharp rise in homelessness in 2023. "Our frontline advisers are working tirelessly to help people who are desperate to escape homelessness - from the parents doing all they can to provide some shred of a normal family life while stuck in an emergency B&B, to the person terrified of another night sleeping rough."
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