We had dealt with homelessness. Why has it now returned? | Lynsey Hanley

The failure by the Tories to tackle the severe housing shortage is part of an ideology to target the vulnerableOne night in 1967, Ronnie Hughes, then a 12-year-old boy who lived with his family on a new estate at the edge of Liverpool, was allowed to stay up late to watch Cathy Come Home, Ken Loach’s TV film about homelessness in modern Britain.Watching it changed Ronnie’s life, as it did many others who were shocked into action. On leaving school, he became a housing officer and has