Boris fails on pledge to end street homelessness

Boris Johnson is very good at big announcements and warm words. But the bolder the pledge, the more serious the issue, the more important it is that you deliver.

In 2009 Johnson made a very bold pledge that he said he would end rough sleeping in London by the end of 2012.  This is a pledge that he repeated during the Mayoral election campaign just six months ago.

With just over a month to go until the end of the year, Johnson admitted at Mayor's Question Time last week that he would not be able to keep his pledge.  In fact, the number of people sleeping rough has increased every year since he became mayor, with more than 2,000 more people spending at least one night out on the streets than in 2008.

 

 

 

(acknowledgement to Tom Copley AM for source information)