NUMBER CRUNCH

The death of a homeless man on the doorstep of Parliament on Wednesday is heartbreaking.

But the exponential rise in homelessness since the Tories came into power is inescapable – with official figures showing 4,751 people slept outside overnight in 2017. Rough sleeping in England has increased for seven consecutive years. Which is exactly the same point at which George Osborne and his successors decided to turbo charge Austerity and slash the welfare safety net.