Rough sleeping in Rugby has more than doubled

Charity Crisis has urged the Government to do more to tackle the root cause of homelessness, calling the scale of rough sleeping a “damning reflection on our society”.

The council estimated that 32 people were sleeping on the streets in Rugby during a spot check last autumn, according to data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

This is a 167% increase from 2010, when an estimate put the number of rough sleepers at 12.