VULNERABLE homeless people have been turfed out of hotels in Cornwall to make way for police and government officials attending this week’s G7 summit, campaigners revealed today.

Local charity Disc Newquay said that many people housed in hotel rooms under short-term contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic have been evicted before world leaders converge on a luxury hotel in Carbis Bay this coming weekend. 

About 130 homeless people have been moved from hotels to make way for paying guests, Cornwall Council told the Guardian, after the police booked more than 4,000 rooms at almost 200 venues across the county and in neighbouring Devon.

The Cabinet Office has also made hundreds of room bookings as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden prepare to meet their counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan to discuss the post-pandemic recovery and climate change. 

Disc Newquay manager Monique Collins stressed that the summit had added to pressures on emergency homeless accommodation in the county, leaving many people running out of options. 

Cornwall Council, which claimed that the shortage of rooms was due to increased tourism, said the vast majority of those affected were offered alternative accommodation immediately. 

The Cabinet Office said it had only reserved rooms after hotels had made them publicly available on booking websites. 

This comes after the G7 announced a “historic” deal to tackle tax avoidance by multinational companies on Saturday.

The agreement, struck by finance ministers meeting in London, includes a commitment to a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent, less than the 21 per cent originally proposed by the Biden administration after opposition from Westminster.

The deal, likely to affect tech giants including Amazon and Google, will be put to members of the G20 including China, Russia and Brazil when the group meets next month.

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the announcement was encouraging, but warned it was just the start. 

“This government has spent the last few weeks actively watering down what was initially intended to be an ambitious 21 per cent [global corporate tax] rate,” she said. 

“That would have brought £131 million extra a week to Britain for our public services. This government must now push for a 21 per cent rate, and use the money to fund our schools and our NHS.”