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homelessness charity Crisis He said that the housing crisis in England had reached a “catastrophic scenario” and that he would become a homeowner for the first time in its 60-year history. Jessica Murray reports,

As Jessica reports, Crisis was released research “Almost 300,000 families and individuals across England are currently experiencing the worst forms of homelessness,” he said. The charity defines this as rough sleeping or sleeping in temporary accommodation such as B&A.

state of the country reportThe research, commissioned by Crisis and led by Heriot-Watt University, shows that 299,100 households in England will experience acute homelessness by 2024. This is a 21% increase since 2022 (when there were 246,900 households) and a 45% increase since 2012 (206,400 households).

The number of people having to sleep rough and households having to stay in unsuitable temporary accommodation has increased by nearly 150% since 2020 levels; Last year alone, more than 15,000 people barely slept.

Good morning. Today’s news is dominated by the fallout from last night’s resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, and its chief news officer, Deborah Turness. This is much bigger than just a media personnel story; The BBC stands in the middle of a war zone in the war between right-wing populism and liberalism, not just in the UK but outside the UK, and bringing down Davie is a victory for the right. We cover all developments in a separate live blog.

This is also partly a victory. Donald Trump; Even if he was not actively involved in the maneuvering that led to Davie’s resignation, those calling for “heads to roll” expressed concern about protecting the president’s reputation. Trump has already scared much of the US media and last night he claimed The BBC was run by “corrupt” and “very dishonest” people who tried to prevent his election.

Our full coverage of this will be on the separate live blog, but many politicians are speaking out and so we’ll talk a little about it here.

Otherwise, the focus will likely be on the remaining budget, which is now less than three weeks away. The House of Commons is not sitting due to a small recess, but chancellor Rachel Reeves will give an interview to Matt Chorley on Radio 5 Live this afternoon.

Reeves is likely to be asked about Labour’s reaction to his speech last week, which implied he would break his manifesto promise and raise income tax. (A 2p increase in income tax was offset by a 2p cut in national insurance, sole source He told the Observer.) Last night Catherine WestHornsey and Friern Barnet, the Labor MP for north London who served as Foreign Secretary until he was sacked in a reshuffle in September, told Radio 4’s Westminster Time that Labor could be punished by voters if it does not keep its manifesto promise, just as the Liberal Democrats are overrunning their broken promises on tuition fees. He said:

If I were Rachel, I think I would keep the manifesto promise…

I think about the Liberal Democrats and university fees, because that was the biggest thing I remember and it was so important. That’s how I won my seat, because I won it from the Liberal Democrats. I think those grown-ups are coming back to haunt you.

In 2010 the Liberal Democrats won 57 seats following a campaign in which candidates signed a pledge not to vote for tuition fee increases. The party supported the tuition fee increase in coalition with the Conservative Party, and even some (but not all) Liberal Democrat MPs voted for it. After the 2015 elections, only eight MPs remained.

in the Times Aubrey Allegretti He says ministers made exactly the same point in private meetings. HE reports:

Cabinet ministers have privately warned Rachel Reeves that increasing income tax in the budget could spell election disaster for Labour.

A cabinet minister has called on Reeves to identify a “way out” to cut taxes…

Another minister said: “My concern is that the consequences of breaching the manifesto commitment are not being taken into account sufficiently. Given that voters are already extremely desperate for us, it could do to us the same thing that happened to the Liberal Democrats after the 2015 election.”

Here is the agenda of the day.

11am: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage holds a press conference.

11.30: A lobby briefing is being held in Downing Street.

14.35: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is interviewed on Radio 5 Live.

And at some point today the House of Commons culture committee will publish a statement from BBC chief Samir Shah responding to questions about the leaked Michael Prescott memo that led to Davie’s resignation.

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