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- UK ministers are reviewing a ban on London councils sending homeless families over 200 miles after courts ruled some relocations unlawful.
- Charities say the practice forces survivors to choose between returning to abusers or unsafe remote housing.
- Enfield and Croydon have paid Reloc8 £2 million to arrange out-of-area placements for homeless families.
- Data show out-of-London placements rose from 670 in the year to March 2023 to 1,300 in the year to March 2025.
