Dozens of MPs from the left and right of the Conservative Party are said to have warned Tory whips they will vote against measures in the bill.
The government is panicking about the scale of the rebellion because they know if it gets pushed to a vote they will lose, one said.
Asked by Times Radio whether he would back the Bill as it stands, business minister Kevin Hollinrake said: 'Those things are not within my auspices.'
Shelter chief executive Polly Neate accused the government of punishing people for being homeless.
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