Housing secretary James Brokenshire lifted the cap on the cold weather fund on the same day it was revealed homeless deaths soared by a quarter.
Several local authorities had expressed an interest in bidding for funding beyond the caps in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s original offer.
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