How many people sleep rough?

Ballot points

Michael Gove hinted that the general election could be on 14 or 21 November.     Have we had a November election before?

– General elections were held on 15 November 1922, when the Conservatives won a 74 seat majority and on 14 November 1935 when the National Government won a majority of 242.

– There have been no general elections in November since then.

– Prior to the first world war, general elections were not held on one specific day but were spread over several weeks.     General elections spanned November in 1806 (Whig victory), 1812 (Tory), 1868 (Liberal) and 1885 (Conservative).

Raw facts

How many times was sewage discharged into rivers and the sea in 2023?

– The Environment Agency monitored 14,318 storm overflows – places where sewers are emptied directly into rivers or the sea, bypassing sewage works.

– The average number of spills per overflow was 33, making for a total of more than  472,000 sewage discharges last year.