Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – UK politics live

PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan Andy Burnham has admitted government funding “may not fully be enough” to achieve his aim of offering a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas, as he made a “rallying call” for communities to get behind his plan. Speaking on a visit to the north-east of England, the prime minister said: The government money itself may not fully be enough.…