Benchmarked: Colne Housing ran a one-day conference on homelessness in the east of England on 19 September. Speakers included (left to right): Ashley Horsey, head of the government's bed-and-breakfast unit; Jeremy Swain, chief executive of charity Thames Reach Bondway; Patrick Duggan, formerly homeless; Fergus Walsh, BBC correspondent; Pernille Peterson, head of Colchester night shelter; Mark Powell Davies, Colne chief executive; Robert Leng, Colne chairman and A John Bird, founder of charity the Big Issue.

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Housing Today