A shortage of affordable housing has left 130,000 children homeless in England this Christmas – an increase of 128 per cent in the past decade, according to research by the shadow housing minister Grant Shapps.

The number of families with children forced to live in hostels or “sofa surfing” while waiting for a home is at worryingly high levels, say the Conservatives.

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