Burnham unveils £442m plan to end homelessness and get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

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

He's vowed to end rough sleepingJohn Scheerhout Crime reporter and Áine Fox Press Association Social Affairs Correspondent22:47, 18 Aug 2026Andy Burnham has pledged to work to "get everyone in for Christmas" as he continues to build on his vow to end rough sleeping.‌The Prime Minister is attempting a repeat of efforts

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

Prime minister urges local leaders to act as homelessness campaigners welcome move but say more needs to be done I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise Andy Burnham has urged local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off the streets by Christmas, as he pledges

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.

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