Starmer Deputy Revives Blair-Era Approach to Cut UK Homelessness
- Angela Rayner plans new civil service unit to tackle problem
- Homelessness has been on the rise in Britain in recent years
A pedestrian walks past an unhoused person in their makeshift bed in London.
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Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner plans to establish a new civil service unit to drive a push to end homelessness if the opposition wins power in next month’s general election, tapping an approach previously used by former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Rayner will set up an “Ending Homelessness Unit,” modeled on the Blair-era Rough Sleeping Unit, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity discussing unannounced plans. The group would sit within a newly created Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which Rayner intends to use as a power base at the heart of government.