Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live

PM promises to mount ‘Covid-style campaign’ to get homeless people off streets in winter Rayner also insisted that it is not a demotion for the chancellor that No 10 North will be taking charge of driving economic growth.Asked by Sky News whether it was a demotion for John Healey, Rayner said:Not at all, no. The chancellor is working really hard with the prime minister, with myself and other cabinet colleagues.You’ll have seen the statement that the cabinet made I think now two weeks ago, where we were really clear on our intent to put devolution and community empowerment at the