A passage home
Seeking shelter in Brentwood, Essex
ALAMY, IAN DAVIDSON
“Let’s bring back hope,” said Andy Burnham on his very first day as prime minister.
He was launching a national drive to end rough sleeping and make the UK “a country where everyone has the security of a roof over their head, and where no one is left behind or written off ”. Just under a month later, on 19 August, he committed to offering all rough sleepers a route off the streets by Christmas. Funding these ambitions from a dedicated, newly expanded budget of £442 million, he also announced a national summit on rough sleeping and invited the involvement of business, finance, charities, health and faith communities. In the prime minister’s words: “I’m asking leaders in communities and sectors across society to play their part locally too.”
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