GOVERNMENT plans to tackle homelessness will place the most vulnerable at risk and should not go ahead in their current form, a leading homeless charity has claimed.

The Homeless Agency is hoping the number of homeless people will decrease over the Christmas period.

The Homeless Agency has said a system of short-term accommodation for people arriving here from the new EU countries needs to be established.

HOMELESSNESS can be practically eradicated by the end of this decade if there is a substantial increase in social housing provision for single people, according to support groups.