Burnham is accused of 'throwing another £432 million' at a rough sleeping problem he failed to solve in Greater Manchester
Rough sleeping has reached record levels under Labour, shadow communities secretary Katie Lam says, as Andy Burnham prepares to host a Downing Street summit and £874m in total funding looms.
Shadow communities secretary Katie Lam says rough sleeping has reached record levels under Labour. As mayor, Andy Burnham pledged in 2017 to end it in Greater Manchester by 2020, but numbers climbed again. He will host a rough sleeping summit in Downing Street today. Chancellor John Healey is to confirm the cash in Wednesday's Budget, taking the total to £874m.
A Centre for Social Justice study found foreign nationals are half of London's rough sleepers.
Burnham insists: 'Rough sleeping isn't a fact of life… I don't accept it.'
Pictures appeared to show Eastern Europeans sleeping rough on London's Oxford Street.
