Reality Check
Best of the Spectator
Reality Check: Britain's homelessness & why Burnham won't fix it
- Published
- July 28, 2026
- Duration
- 14:04
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
Discusses daily, society, culture.
Summary
Andy Burnham has laid out some of his top policy agendas for his premiership. Top of the list is to tackle homelessness – something the former Manchester mayor pledged to solve in Greater Manchester too, but the numbers have suggested the outcome was otherwise. What really needs to be done to fix homelessness in Britain? And how does his other policy of r…
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Andy Burnham has laid out some of his top policy agendas for his premiership. Top of the list is to tackle homelessness – something the former Manchester mayor pledged to solve in Greater Manchester too, but the numbers have suggested the outcome was otherwise. What really needs to be done to fix homelessness in Britain? And how does his other policy of rent controls work against ending rough sleeping? Michael Simmons takes a look at the data.This episode is brought to you by Alliance Witan inve
Themes
- daily
- society
- culture