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London's 'worrying' increase in young rough sleepers

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4,223 people were seen sleeping rough in London between April and June , charity says.

Almost 300 were young people aged 25 and under, a 36% increase on the year before .

Centrepoint said the increase was "really worrying", and that the capital was entering "uncharted territory" with the scale of homelessness.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was "committed" to ending rough sleeping by 2030 .

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78

Informative language

74

Neutral language

66

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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