Homelessness strategy 'not affected by funding delay'

A delay signing off money to support the Island's homelessness strategy hasn't made any difference to it, according to Cabinet Office Minister Kate Lord-Brennan.

In the House of Keys this week, she faced questions from Ramsey MHK Lawrie Hooper about why funding for the plan to tackle homelessness was delayed by months.

Mrs Lord-Brennan said there'd been problems with procedures to put the money in place after the strategy was approved last December.

But she said the delay hadn't made any difference to the plan: