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Nearly 2,000 families are living in B&Bs, which typically have shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, and the Commissioner estimates that around 90,000 children are living in families who are sofa-surfing.

Lone parents working full time for the so-called national living wage are £80 a week short of what they need for a basic standard of living.

The Government’s housing benefit policy is forcing under-35s into unsafe and inadequate housing that puts many young women at risk, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southampton, published with Young Women’s Trust. 

New analysis of the latest Government school funding figures shows a shortfall in funding of £5.4 billion over the past three years with 91 per cent of schools in England affected.