Andy Burnham has vowed to end rough sleeping as prime minister. Here's how he intends to do it and whether he did it in Greater Manchester.
  • TWeaK@feddit.ukEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Most homeless women find a place for the night. Staying on the streets is too dangerous for them.

    Many homeless people don’t want to sleep inside or under other peoples’ rules. I worry the subtext of this story is that Burnham is going to criminalise sleeping outside.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      I have the same worry - though I’m hopeful that won’t be the case. The article sounds quite positive about it, but we’ll see what actually happens!