The local authorities who have been hit the hardest by homeless deaths have also seen their funding slashed by more than three times the national average, says new Labour research.
The political party insists that nine of the 10 councils with the highest number of people dying on the streets over the last four years have been in places where the average cut of £254 per household has been dwarfed.
That includes the English second city, according to Labour, with Birmingham experiencing the most homeless deaths – 90 between 2013 and 2017 – while dealing with cuts of £939.80 per household.
'The next prime minister must put an end to this national shame of people dying on our streets and back Labour’s plans to end rough sleeping and build thousands more affordable homes.' My comment in the @guardian today https://t.co/k25uChgmxr
— John Healey MP (@JohnHealey_MP) June 24, 2019
This means that the £405,000 that the council has received from central government in that time is dwarfed by the £358 million cut in spending power that they have experienced.
Elsewhere, Manchester, Leeds, Blackburn, Liverpool and the four London boroughs of Camden, Westminster, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets all suffered a large amount of homeless deaths following cuts.