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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Burnham to double spending on homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping by Christmas

Homeless man with red and white Father Christmas hat on busy Princes St in Edinburgh.
‘Rough sleeping isn’t a fact of life,’ said Andy Burnham before a rough sleeping summit on Monday that will bring together business and charities. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Andy Burnham is to double spending on ending rough sleeping to almost £900m by the end of the current parliament, as he steps up efforts to get people off the streets by Christmas.

The prime minister has pledged to offer every rough sleeper in England a safe route off the streets or wider support as a central part of his premiership.

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