Alex Forsyth

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1,958 appearances 19 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Newscast · Can Andy Burnham End Rough Sleeping? · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

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I mean I I think the point that Michael touched upon there is kind of the thing behind this and why this is such a complex problem. voice-verified

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Councils already with the cost of temporary accommodation, so that is people who don't have a permanent home of their own, so they're homeless in that respect. voice-verified

So the councils find them temporary accommodation, which can be things like B and B's or other forms of short term accommodation, which often just is not suitable. voice-verified

For families or people with children or children themselves. voice-verified

The cost of providing that to councils, as well as the human cost of the people that are going through that system, has been growing and growing and growing and has been putting real pressure on council budgets. voice-verified

Separately, then you've got this pod of money, this £442 million that Andy Burnham is going to give to local leaders to try and tackle the rough sleeping element of this. voice-verified

So, first off, there's the problem with, as Michael said, what kind of accommodation. voice-verified

They're going to find for those rough sleepers in the first instance. voice-verified

Can funding also be provided either through councils directly or by councils funding other charities or faith-based groups to provide the extra services and support that people might need with their often quite complex situations that they find themselves in when they end up rough sleeping? voice-verified

So that's the other bit of it. voice-verified

And then beyond all of that, there is the fact that over years, actually, when it comes to voice-verified

Council budgets, a lot of the funding, and to be fair, council budgets have gone up recently, but for a long time, council budgets were cut. voice-verified

A lot of the funding that was put into services supporting vulnerable people was stripped away. voice-verified

So actually, some of those services themselves have kind of been uh you know taken a bit of a hit, which makes it harder for that provision to be there. voice-verified

And then sitting behind all of that is the longer term problem about housing and housing supply. voice-verified

We know that is another really big central thing that Andy Burnham wants to dis wants to address. voice-verified

So with a big council house building programme, there's a lot of focus on social and affordable housing. voice-verified

But that is not going to be a quick fix either. voice-verified

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