Andy Burnham is to double spending on ending rough sleeping to almost £900m by the end of the current parliament, as he steps up efforts to get people off the streets by Christmas.

The prime minister has pledged to offer every rough sleeper in England a safe route off the streets or wider support as a central part of his premiership.

As he prepared for a Downing Street summit on ending rough sleeping on Monday, Burnham said the budget would bring a further £432m commitment to helping to tackle homelessness.

The sum is on top of an initial £442m from Ministry of Housing , Communities and Local Government budgets that will be allocated to the problem before March 2027.

Speaking ahead of the meeting, which will bring together charities and businesses, Burnham said: “Rough sleeping isn’t a fact of life. It’s a thing governments either choose to accept or don’t.

“Well, I don’t accept it.…