Since leaving Parliament in 2015 I decided to focus on tackling homelessness.  To this end I am chairing a working group of sector experts at the Centre for Social Justice. We will produce a report early next year which seeks to provide a set of policy recommendations to better prevent and tackle homelessness.

Brooks Newmark backs the Government’s efforts to tackle overcrowding and long waiting lists in the social housing sector and supports the spare room subsidy which is a fair way to address the mismatch between overcrowded housing and those living in houses with empty bedrooms in taxpayer-subsidised housing.

Speaking in the House of Commons in the run up to Armed Forces Day, Brooks Newmark raises his concerns that a significant number of ex-armed forces personnel still find themselves homeless and asks the Government what is being done to address this?