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Labour slams Tory shame over soaring homelessness

HOMELESSNESS will have soared by a shocking 85 per cent after 10 years of Tory government, Labour warned yesterday.

A report laying bare the government’s housing failure shows how rents have soared while house-building has slumped since the Tories took power in 2010.

And it reveals that 74,000 more families will be made homeless every year by 2020 if current trends continue.

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