Politics & Media: Is Boris Johnson doing enough to tackle homelessness? - 24/06/13

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Channel: Islam Channel · 2014 · News & Politics

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Efforts undertaken by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to fulfill his pledge to eradicate rough sleeping by 2012 have come under attack this week after figures produced by the official annual count into rough sleeping showed that 6,437 were seen rough sleeping in 2012-13; a 63% increase on the 2008 figure in the year Johnson became Mayor. In the studio to discuss this are John Bird, founder of The Big Issue; Abdool Gooljar, President of The Islamic Society of Britain; and Alastair Murray, Director of Projects at Housing Justice.

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