Chancellor John Healey will use his Budget statement on Wednesday to confirm an additional £432m aimed at addressing rough sleeping.

The money will double the funding pot for tackling the problem, according to an announcement made ahead of the statement.

Andy Burnham pledged in August to offer every rough sleeper in England a pathway off the streets by Christmas.

The prime minister will bring private firms, charities and local leaders together at a rough sleeping summit at Downing Street on Monday to consider ways of tackling the issue.

Mr Burnham said that “every part of society” needs to contribute to ending rough sleeping.

A rough sleeper’s tent on the banks of the River Thames (AFP/Getty)

“Rough sleeping isn’t a fact of life. It’s a thing governments either choose to accept or don’t,” he said.

“Well, I don’t accept it.…