More than 5,000 primary school kids in Greater Manchester will be homeless this Christmas

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More than 5,000 primary school children in Greater Manchester will be homeless this Christmas, shocking new figures have revealed.

Research by homeless charity Shelter found that across the country the equivalent of one child in every three primary school classes will spend Christmas without a home.

The figures - obtained by through a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - show that primary school children are the worst affected age group in England.

The equivalent of one in 84 primary school children are now set to spend Christmas homeless in what Shelter describes as 'often grim and unstable temporary accommodation'.

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