27 March 2025, 23:51 | Updated: 28 March 2025, 00:28

By Dr Tom Kerridge, Policy and Research Manager at Centrepoint

You would be forgiven for missing the positive announcements made by the government this month.

A huge investment in housebuilding, more employment support for young people and increased spending on rough sleeping are significant interventions that show ministers are serious about tackling homelessness and getting the government working again.

If you missed them – it will likely be because these measures have been overshadowed by the finer details of last week’s ‘Pathways to Work’ Green Paper and more recently, the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. In the statement, she announced incapacity benefits will be halved and frozen to balance the books. This is on top of last week’s news that........

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