PM: Government money alone may not be enough to get rough sleepers off streets

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.

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

PM promises to mount ‘Covid-style campaign’ to get homeless people off streets in winter Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog. Andy Burnham has pledged to work to “get everyone in for Christmas” as he continues to build on his policy to end rough sleeping. We see people bedded down in doorways and sat outsid

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’

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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