Joined by many across MK to hear about ⁦@MKComFoundation⁩ #vitalsignsMK report being hosted this year ⁦@UnityPlaceMK⁩ #loveMK Hearing from @AnnLimb our High Sheriff shares her upset at this year’s report on how the cost of living is devastating people’s lives in MK #vitalsignsmk

5 years ago Milton Keynes was dubbed ‘tent city’ by the media. Today, no one needs to sleep rough on our streets. How did we do it? A thread by the Cabinet Member responsible 👇

https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1720537830730920055

For starters we didn’t make tents a civil offence. Tents are a symptom, not the cause. Firstly you need somewhere that people can go so we built a shelter on the top floor of the old bus station. On the ground floor we brought together all voluntary and statutory services 2/11