PM Andy Burnham admits he 'may not succeed' in bid to get rough sleepers off street by Christmas

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.

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

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

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

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

Andy Burnham has pledged an additional £102 million to help local authorities get people off the streets for Christmas.

Andy Burnham has pledged an additional £102 million to help local authorities get people off the streets for Christmas.

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

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

The Prime Minister has announced increased funding of £442 million to help the crisis

PM announces drive to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas  ITVX

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

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham writes for The Mirror on his 'moral mission' to end rough sleeping - one of his first instructions to officials after becoming Prime Minister

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