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We investigate claims that benefit reforms have led to rocketing numbers of rough sleepers & the use of emergency accommodation

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A study for the charity Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation claims benefit reforms and a shortage in housing have led to rocketing numbers of rough sleepers and people turning to emergency accommodation. We鈥檒l be speaking to an organisation which helps homeless people on Teesside which agrees the situation鈥檚 getting worse.
And we鈥檒l hear from the County Durham reindeer breeder who鈥檚 settling-in new arrivals from the Arctic Circle 鈥� and finding out how they鈥檒l adapt to life in the much warmer climate of Seaham.

3 hours

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Mon 16 Dec 2013 06:00

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  • Mon 16 Dec 2013 06:00