St Mungo’s Response to the 2024 King’s Speech

Today was the state opening of Parliament, marking the start of the first parliamentary session for the new government. The King’s Speech set out the new government’s legislative agenda for the coming year. With close to 4,000 people sleeping on the streets every night, and almost 80,000 households experiencing homelessness or at risk of it, […]

St Mungo’s recognised as Stonewall Top 100 Employer

Leading homelessness charity St Mungo’s is once again a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, named as one of the most inclusive employers in the UK. This year St Mungo’s has been awarded the prestigious Gold Award again for its commitment to inclusivity and have ranked 42nd overall in the UK – 3rd in the charity sector, […]

St Mungo’s Response to 2024 General Election Result

Today the United Kingdom welcomes a new Prime Minister and new government. We congratulate Sir Keir Starmer in his election victory and on forming a new government. We hope this significant political change will also lead to significant social change in ending homelessness.  With close to 4,000 people sleeping on the streets every night, and […]

Rough sleeping in London has now increased by a massive 44% since 2022

The latest CHAIN stats show a massive increase in the number of rough sleepers in London. Here, Emma Haddad, CEO of St Mungo’s discusses the statistics and what St Mungo’s is calling for on the eve of a general election. “With a week to the polls, today’s statistics that show 11,993 people slept rough on […]

St Mungo’s open letter supported by 50,261 signatories

Yesterday our Chief Executive, Emma Haddad, sent an open letter to the three main party leaders calling on them to commit to prioritising ending rough sleeping, and supporting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness by extending and uplifting vital funding for homelessness services, including Rough Sleeping Initiative funding which is due to […]

Response to 2024 party manifestos

The Labour party released its manifesto this morning, joining the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties in making clear their commitments to the public. They all discuss tackling homelessness to some extent, but is it enough? This is our round up.   With rough sleeping increasing by 27% in a year, record numbers in temporary accommodation […]

St Mungo’s announces Mike Adamson CBE as its next Chair of Trustees

Homelessness charity St Mungo’s has announced Mike Adamson CBE as its next Chair of Trustees. Mike Adamson CBE was CEO of The British Red Cross for nine years. He led the organisation through many domestic and international humanitarian responses, including the Coronavirus pandemic and Grenfell Tower fire, developing the work with refugees and building policy […]

Amendments made to the Criminal Justice Bill around rough sleeping

Following a united campaign with other organisations across the sector, a number of plans to criminalise homelessness have been dropped from the Criminal Justice Bill. In response to the amendments, Sean Palmer, Executive Director of Transformation said: “We welcome the government removing some of the most harmful proposals in the Criminal Justice Bill following pressure […]

NEW DATA: Government data shows 33% increase in rough sleeping numbers in London

Headline Statistics New data was released today (30 April 2024) by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) which covers January to March 2024. In total, 4,118 people were recorded as rough sleeping in London between January to March 2024, this is an increase of 33% on the same period last year. 2,038 people rough […]