On London Streets, Homeless Wary at PM's Vow to End Rough Sleeping

UK PM Burnham wants to end rough sleeping — the challenge runs deeper than the streets

LONDON, July 30 — In a small square in central London, Kevin was hawking copies of the Big Issue, a charitable magazine sold by homeless street vendors.“It keeps me going,” he said. “I don’t need to go to handouts and ask for free food.”Kevin, 60, has been homeless since being released from prison in 2010 and is sceptical about new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge to “end rough sleeping”.“I think it’s meaningless because he’s come from Manch…

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On London streets, homeless wary at PM's vow to end rough sleeping

"It keeps me going," he said. "I don't need to go to handouts and ask for free food." Kevin, 60, has been homeless since being released from prison in 2010 and is sceptical about new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's pledge to "end rough sleeping". "I think it's meaningless because he's come from Manchester and he hasn't solved it there," he said, referring to Burnham's same goal as mayor of Greater Manchester. Kevin now lives in a tent, so is offic…

Funding to combat rough sleeping is needed at grassroots level

Charities which support the homeless have spoken out in the wake of the new prime minister’s pledge to end rough sleeping across the country.

Lasting change means tackling the roots of rough sleeping

On the steps of Downing Street, having been asked by the King to form a new government, Andy Burnham said that ending rough sleeping was his…