Traveloasisspot.com – PM Andy Burnham has issued what he calls a “rallying call” to get every rough sleeper off the streets before Christmas, while conceding that public funding alone will not close the gap. Speaking after visiting Alex’s Place, a Changing Lives charity facility in Newcastle, the PM pledged to extend an offer of shelter to all people sleeping rough this winter.

The PM framed the initiative as a repeat of the Everyone In scheme deployed during the coronavirus pandemic, when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought indoors. To back the effort, Burnham announced an additional £102 million drawn from uncommitted budgets within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, earmarked for immediate routes off the street this winter.…