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One in every 61 people in Manchester are homeless, according to the latest data. There are 4,678 children and a total of 9,589 people without a home in the Manchester city council area - the most out of any other area in the north west.

Recent analysis by housing and homelessness support charity Shelter has found that across the north west, one in 308 people are homeless, with 25,132 people, including over 11,000 children, currently living without a permanent home, whether that be on the streets or in temporary accommodation.

The housing charity also said research showed 382,618 people across England – including 175,025 children – will spend this Christmas without a home.

Shelter said it had combined official homelessness figures with responses to Freedom of Information

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