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Housing: Call to stop displaced children going 'missing' from schools

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More than 164,000 children are currently living in temporary accommodation across England .

The government says it is investing 1bn in homelessness services this year to help families.

The Shared Health Foundation is urging the government to put in measures to stop children going missing from schools and GPs.

Lambeth Council says it had made a direct offer of suitable permanent accommodation to Ms Afriyie but she turned it down.

Local authorities have a legal duty to provide temporary accommodation to anyone who qualifies as homeless.

The government says the forthcoming Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill aims to introduce better protections for all children.

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80

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informal

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English

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