Public conflicted about homelessness
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The public tend to think the homeless have made bad choices, and are likely to feel annoyed as well as sorry when asked for money by beggars
It was reported last week that the numbers relying on food banks has tripled in a year, as the Red Cross announced that this winter they will collect and distribute food to the needy for the first time since the Second World War.
New research reveals conflicted feelings about the homeless among British adults.
35% say most homeless people have 'probably made bad choices in life that have got them into their situation', while 27% say they may well 'have had a bad start in life and been unfairly treated by society'. 25% think neither and 13% don’t know.
Further controversy over the needy arose this week when an MP reportedly told a one-legged man who asked him for money to ‘get a job’.
Many Brits (45%) feel annoyed when someone they don’t know tries to ask them for money, while many also feel intimidated (34%), sorry (21%) or guilty (15%).
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