On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
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https://www.informationnow.org.uk/article/your-benefits-while-you-are-in-hospital-or-in-residential-care/
For the past five freezing nights she has been sleeping in the doorway of the KFC on West Derby Road
‘I am scared all the time’
She is cold, wet and terrified with nowhere to go
It was Clearspring/Home Office policy to get numbers down after Sunak’s promise.
With nowhere to send people, all they can do right now is hand out tents
Walking up the city’s main shopping streets, you are inundated by those now sleeping rough in the cold weather
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67424135.amp
Homelessness is a political choice.
Another reason to #HateTheTories.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle-helsinkis-radical-solution-to-homelessness
My colleague was shocked. "You might see this in Brussels" but never in a small town.
I was ashamed that I'd become blind to seeing it.
I'm involved with a refugee charity in the West Country. The situation ref. asylum seekers being granted I L to R and then within days becoming homeless is across the board.
Govt. are clearing a backlog of 120k asylum applications built up under Tories. Only going to get worse.
But it's not enough, in the center at least, the numbers keep on rising
I agree there's a real crisis one that any gov worth having would fix.
I dont see the richest getting poorer...
Finland ended homelessnes practically overninght.
Yet we fight over millions in tax avoidance for the rich?!
It would take all of us to end homelessness but some people think fuck that!
A few years ago, i put together a project in which I taught a group at a homeless shelter to document their lives using oral testimony & photography.
The aim was to persuade wider society to reexamine rough sleepers through a more intimate & kinder lens.
This looks like typically thought provoking stuff from yourself
etc
The need is great .
Having Empathy, Compassion, and a little sympathetic pity towards the misfortune and suffering of others is all it takes, it’s free, it doesn’t cost a penny.
#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
It's ok for billionaires to invest tax free offshore.
Apparently it was what the people wanted 🤔.
Think of poor Clarkson et al lying awake at night worrying about inheritance tax(!)
Refugees aren't getting special treatment
Rather, our citizens are being neglected
Which government department is responsible?
Shouldn't they be knocking hard on the Chancellors door?
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Disregard the fact that they could sell up and have more money than most make in their entire life!
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