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And the Big Issue has, of course, been back with a vengeance for some time:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/dec/01/londons-homelessness-count-continues-to-rise
In the late 80s/early 90s, a campaign to have it recognised as a key issue was successful, but do we have too many distractions now to care? I always feel as if the constant stream of news from everywhere makes me (and probably most other people) unable to concentrate on one or several things like this, and that it's much easier for politicians to calculate how much traction issues have, because of tools like focus grouping or (probably) Internet-derived data, meaning that they follow very simple formulas in election campaigns and day-to-day politics.