tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post8472899102288103146..comments2024-03-29T00:09:28.302+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: A society with the wrong prioritiesRog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-16667060725196465332017-08-09T07:12:08.750+01:002017-08-09T07:12:08.750+01:00Thank you anonymous, for your comment. You are of ...Thank you anonymous, for your comment. You are of course quite correct. 1985 was the height of the heartless Thatcher Government. A time when homelessness was seen as a useful economic tool. It did come down considerably under the Labour government of 1997-2010. Sadly as we have a Conservative Government, it is on the rise once again. I've added a graph. Rog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-11220809169123592202017-08-08T12:27:00.075+01:002017-08-08T12:27:00.075+01:00Memory is an unreliable thing. GLA statistics reco...Memory is an unreliable thing. GLA statistics recorded London boroughs accepted 25,900 households as homeless in 1985. In 2016 the figure was 18,060.<br /><br />http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1985/dec/20/homelessness-london#S6CV0089P0_19851220_HOC_70<br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessnessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com