Burnham pledges £340m to end rough sleeping amid rising prison-leaver homelessness

Andy Burnham's first speech as prime minister pledged £340 million over three years to end rough sleeping in England. Nacro data released the same day shows prison-leaver homelessness in England and Wales has risen yearly since 2021-22, from 10.6% to 15.9%. In 2025-26, 15,155 people left prison without housing. Three in four released to the streets reoffend within a year.