To end homelessness, look to the root causes | Letters
Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s pledge to get all rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas As a vulnerable teenage girl carrying my life in a rucksack, I have been the person Andy Burnham describes people walking past in his article (I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise, 19 August). That experience taught me that homelessness is far more complex than rough sleeping alone,
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- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 23 Aug 2026, 16:57 UTC
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- Byline
- Guardian Staff
- Section
- Homelessness
Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s pledge to get all rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas As a vulnerable teenage girl carrying my life in a rucksack, I have been the person Andy Burnham describes people walking past in his article (I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise, 19 August). That experience taught me that homelessness is far more complex than rough sleeping alone,
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To end homelessness, look to the root causes | Letters
Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s pledge to get all rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas As a vulnerable teenage girl carrying my life in a rucksack, I have been the person Andy Burnham describes people walking past in his article (I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise, 19 August). That experience taught me that homelessness is far more complex than rough sleeping alone,
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