Ministers must press ahead with a major scheme to tackle homelessness if the Government wants to end rough sleeping within the next three years, a report said.
The Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping called for extra cash pumped into taking people off the streets through the Everyone In drive during the coronavirus pandemic to be maintained, at an estimated annual cost of £82million.
Comissioners also called for the £20 Universal Credit uplift to be kept in a bid to stop mounting cases of worsening mental health.
The increased payments were first announced by the Chancellor in April 2020 to help struggling families during the coronavirus pandemic.
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