PM Burnham is to double rough sleeping funding to £874m after failing to end rough sleeping as Greater Manchester mayor
Andy Burnham plans to double rough sleeping funding to £874m — about £190,000 per person among roughly 4,000 counted on the streets on a single night this year.
LBC's Nick Ferrari worked out the bill at roughly £190,000 for every rough sleeper, telling Cabinet Office Minister Sally Jameson: 'We could buy them all houses.' Shadow housing secretary Katie Lam says rough sleeping has hit 'record highs under Labour'. Chancellor John Healey is expected to confirm a further £432m in Wednesday's Budget. Official figures counted 4,793 people sleeping rough in England on one night in autumn 2025.
As mayor, Burnham pledged to end rough sleeping in Greater Manchester by 2020 and missed it.
Charity founder Steven Stuart warns ending homelessness is 'not as simple' as a room.
Burnham claims it is 'cheaper' than leaving people cycling in and out of A&E.
