The official count in Westminster last September found 69 rough sleepers, but Housing Justice found 206 a fortnight earlier, and the Simon Community spotted 194 on one night five weeks later.

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About 20% of all people presenting to the Simon Community slept rough at some point in the previous two weeks.

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Simon Cowell is expected to name the judges officially in three or four weeks.

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