Burnham vows specific support to help homeless veterans off the...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he will write personally to councils across England on Armistice Day (November 11) asking them to produce specific plans to house homeless military veterans sleeping rough before Christmas. The pledge, announced ahead of Remembrance Sunday, is part of his wider goal of giving everyone currently sleeping rough a bed this winter. Burnham said national and local government should work together so people who served “should never” be left without accommodation. He also said councils can use newly announced additional £874m rough-sleeping funding, and urged veterans to call a UK-wide helpline.