Anews story in the T&A today ran with the above headline. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9847906.Number_of_Bradford_homeless_doubles_in_3_years/
The story is based on the report by SSentif that looks at the changes in the numbers of Local Authority accepted priority homeless households. This number therefore does not include anyone who does not approach the local authority and neither does it include those judged by the local authority to be intentionally homeless.
Our experience with working with some very difficult and entrenched cases makes us wonder why there is no measure of those not accepted as priority homeless due to intentional homelessness; these individuals are often in need of intensive support but with no measure, and therefore success indicator, there is little incentive for LAs to try and have an impact on this group.