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Burnham pledges £900m for homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping

Downing Street to almost double funding with further £432m in this week’s budget 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. Continue reading...