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The Chair of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock, encourages people to work together to tackle the issue of rough sleeping across Britain’s streets. Speaking at a summit, she says: “There’s no room for naysayers, there’s no room to just focus on the problems that can’t be solved. Focus on the problems that can be solved and let’s crack on." Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So we've got a huge job to do and it's a job that involves belief.
00:04If we don't believe this is possible and we don't think it's the right thing to do,
00:09then actually step aside and let somebody else who believes it to be the right thing to do it.
00:15There's no room for naysayers. There's no room to just focus on the problems that can't be solved.
00:21Focus on the problems that can be solved and let's crack on.
00:24We need a massive push this side of Christmas.
00:29We need to do some old school things like running some night shelters if that's what we need to do.
00:35At the same time that we need to hold this government to account, unlike their predecessors,
00:41for making sure there's a serious allocation of permanent housing and permanent solutions to people on the streets.

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