# Burnham to announce £432m for homelessness support amid renewed criticism

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andy-burnham-to-give-homeless-policy-432million-despite-warnings-previous-attempts-have-failed/
- Published: 2026-10-26T00:47:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T01:02:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238251/Andy-Burnham-homeless-policy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Business, Geopolitics, Government, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Burnham will announce £432 million for homelessness support.
- The plan aims to offer a safe route off the streets by Christmas.
- Critics point to rising rough sleeping after his Greater Manchester pledge.

## Summary

Andy Burnham is due to announce an extra £432 million for tackling homelessness at a Downing Street rough sleeping summit. The funding is intended to support the Prime Minister’s pledge to provide people with a safe route off the streets by Christmas and continued help during the rest of the Parliament.

The article notes that Burnham pledged in 2017 to end rough sleeping in Greater Manchester by 2020; numbers initially fell, then rose again during his tenure as mayor. It also cites a Centre for Social Justice study saying foreign nationals account for half of people sleeping rough in London, and reports criticism from shadow communities secretary Katie Lam, who called the new funding an empty promise.

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