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Jasmine Basran

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Head of Policy and Campaigns , Crisis

Jasmine has worked at Crisis since 2017. She recently completed a Double MSc in Public Policy and Human Development. Prior to Crisis Jasmine worked at Sense.

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New research published last week by Inside Housing has shown that between 2013/14 and 2017/18, English councils have spent £3.87 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households.


07/09/2018

An important part of making Universal Credit work to prevent homelessness is getting the support in Jobcentres right. Historically, Jobcentres have focused on how to help someone into work. But how can anyone reasonably focus on work when they’re worried about whether they can keep a roof over their head?


24/10/2018

Last week, the Government published new draft regulations for the next stage of the roll-out of U...


16/11/2018

Today Crisis is launching our Cover the Cost campaign to ensure that Universal Credit prevents an...


09/05/2019

Ensuring everyone has safe, stable housing creates a stronger society where homelessness has no p...


15/08/2019

Over the weekend, the Government confirmed that they will be ending the freeze on benefits. A ran...


04/11/2019

What the major political parties said on housing and homelessness during their party conferences and what it means for our Make History campaign.


11/10/2023

A new government Bill seeks to criminalise people sleeping rough. Here’s why this presents a danger to people forced to sleep on the streets.


15/01/2024

Now that the new Government has the keys to No. 10, we have put together some essentials for their new home. These are our three priorities for them.


12/07/2024

We spent the last few weeks at Labour, Liberal Democrat, Conservative and SNP Conferences, meeting with a range of politicians to talk to them about how they can help.


03/10/2024
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