 However Robinson subsequently contested and won Coventry North West.Beales is currently the Director of Campaigns, Communications and Policy of the homelessness charity Shelter, a role which he took up in September 2017 after leaving his position as Senior Director of the multinational advertising agency WPP.In January 2019 he led the publication of the landmark independent Shelter report on the future of social housing  and he has led campaigns to challenge discrimination against benefit recipients in the housing sector.