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Surrey's rough sleepers: 'It's scary, my tent was set on fire and you can get beaten up'

People getting beaten up, urinated on and tents set on fire - the stories of life as a rough sleeper in Surrey have emerged as a shelter in Woking staged a sleep-out for supporters.
Homelessness in the county has trebled in the last six years.
The government's spending watchdog says cuts to housing benefit are partly to blame.
And the chief executive of the York Road Project in Woking also points to property prices and high rental costs in Surrey.

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