The number of rough sleepers counted by one charity last month was the highest on record
Vacant shop units are an unwelcome sight in any major city, but Nottingham's dormant premises are not completely empty. The doorways and front steps at many vacant shops are instead becoming home to one of the city's fastest growing problems.
It can often be difficult to visualise such dramatic increases, but anyone struggling to has clearly not taken a walk around the centre of Nottingham in a good while. I walked for just an hour around the city centre on Wednesday and counted 16 people sleeping rough. Although rough sleeping is an issue which none of us should ignore, it is ultimately those holding the purse strings that need to be paying the most attention. The Government has said that it is "determined" to eliminate rough sleeping across the country and technically, it already has.
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