{"id":19052,"date":"2019-09-25T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T09:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19052"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:55:10","slug":"joyce-still-homelessness-labour-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19052","title":{"rendered":"Homelessness &#8216;crisis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The UK is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, the Labour Party Conference heard on\u00c2\u00a0Wednesday (September 25).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in support of a composite, Unite delegate Joyce Still highlighted the fact that the numbers of homeless people and rough sleepers are now at their highest levels since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd I know that it is a serious and increasing problem in Stafford, where I am the prospective parliamentary candidate,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe UK is the sixth biggest economy on the planet. It ought to be capable of putting a roof over the head of every citizen. But the fact that it does not is the direct consequence of failed Conservative austerity policies.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still told conference how last January, Unite opened its Holborn offices in response to London mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Severe Weather Emergency Provision\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 programme giving shelter to a number of homeless people during one of the coldest winter snaps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She expressed her pride in Unite but said that \u00e2\u20ac\u015bdealing with homelessness requires a radical nationwide approach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe welcome Labour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commitment to set out a new national plan to end rough sleeping within the next Parliament,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd we welcome its plans to tackle the root causes of homelessness, including safeguarding homeless hostels and other supported housing and the reversal of crude Conservative cuts to housing benefit.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still affirmed that homelessness \u00e2\u20ac\u015bneeds addressing now\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt needs serious investment in social and genuinely affordable housing and a return to the building of council houses,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt needs additional help for rough sleepers, especially in cold weather. And it needs a Labour Government.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The composite was carried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, the Labour Party Conference heard on\u00c2\u00a0Wednesday (September 25). &nbsp; Speaking in support of a composite, Unite delegate Joyce Still highlighted the fact that the numbers of homeless people and rough sleepers are now at their highest levels since 2010. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd I know that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[179,1111],"wps_subtitle":"Unite's Joyce Still speaks out on rising levels of homelessness","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24968,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19052\/revisions\/24968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}