Andy Burnham says rough sleeping pledge 'may not succeed' but he 'has to try'

The new PM vowed on the streets of Downing Street to try and end rough sleeping, and said he wanted everyone living on the streets to be given an offer of accommodation by Winter

The Prime Minister told the Manchester Evening News that he can't force people into accommodation, but said 'I would rather try because that's who I am'. Iram Ramzan reports.

Bus users from Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Shropshire met prime minister Andy Burnham and mayor Richard Parker to discuss challenges for disabled passengers

The UK government has pledged £442m to offer every rough sleeper in England a route off the streets by Christmas, stepping up efforts to end rough sleeping

No party shows the slightest sign of knowing how to get so many houses built now. It is reasonable to doubt whether Burnham will be any more successful at national level than he was in Manchester at bringing about an end to rough sleeping.

Could Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping by Christmas?  The Times

‘End rough sleeping' - that's what Andy Burnham said would be his very first instruction when he went through the door of Number 10 for the first time as Prime Minister.

PM says public money alone won’t solve problem but ‘we did it in the pandemic, we can do it again’ UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said government money alone may not be enough to get rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas, as experts called for more of a plan to deal with the problems that ca

The North East has the fastest-rising number of rough sleepers in the country, and the situation in Newcastle has become of particular concern

Thousands of people are thought to sleep rough in London each night (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images) A month ago, Andy Burnham stood outside 10 Downing Street and said his ‘first instruction’ as Prime Minister would be to end rough sleeping in the UK. According to the Chain database, which tracks rough sl

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised that everyone bedding down in a doorway or outside a station would be offered a route out of the cold by Christmas.

The Prime Minister said he wants everyone who needs a bed to get somewhere to sleep by Christmas

Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas  itv.com

This week, the government has committed to ‘offer everyone a route off the streets this Christmas’

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.

Housing Secretary tells The i Paper that town centres are being plagued by people sleeping on the streets

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.