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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Sadiq Khan pledges to eliminate rough sleeping in London ‘once and for all’

Tents in the foreground with the Thames and the Houses of Parliament in the background.
City hall’s rough sleeping budget has gone up from £8.45m in 2016 to £36.3m in 2023. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy

Sadiq Khan has pledged to eliminate rough sleeping in London, where the numbers on the streets have reached the highest level in a decade.

If elected to a historic third term as mayor of London, Khan plans to spend an extra £10m on what has been described as a growing humanitarian crisis in the city.

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