‘I stood to be an MP at the general election while homeless’

Though the election is over, Mr Milligan hopes to find a new job and a permanent place to live.

“I’ve handed out some CVs over the past week since the election,” he said.

“I’ll probably have to come back to my tent after I’ve finished my shifts, hopefully save up a bit of money and put a deposit down on a place, but it’s going to be difficult.

“There is no clear pathway out.”

Currently camping out in Nottingham, he said he wanted to return to his hometown and find a way to help other people who had faced homelessness.

“I hope to be able to work with the homeless community in Mansfield, and maybe work with the new MP [Steve Yemm],” he said.

“I want to work with the homeless in some way – I want to be able to highlight that it can really happen to anybody.

“We need a bit more compassion, it’s a problem that’s caused by all of our excessive greed, especially the excessive greed of the very wealthy, and we can’t ignore it just because we don’t like the sight of it.

“We’ve got to do something about it, and that means like building a bank of social housing, it means things like spending a bit more on public services, and giving people a hand up.”

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