Burnham launches ‘national drive’ to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

Clacton-on-Sea, England, UK, 13 August 2026: Makeshift bed in a doorway of a former Santander Bank branch. Andy Burnham has announced the next step in his bid to end rough sleeping with a goal to offer everyone who needs it a route to get off the streets by Christmas. The prime…

Prime minister urges local leaders to act as homelessness campaigners welcome move but say more needs to be done I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise Andy Burnham has urged local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off…