Funding set to double for plan to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

Burnham made ending rough sleeping his first pledge when entering Downing Street in July.

Downing Street will allocate a further £432m in this week’s budget, bringing total funding for finding a ‘lasting solution’ to nearly £900m 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…