UK PM Burnham launches bid to help homeless, donating 15% of his wages

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has launched a new initiative to address homelessness, aiming to provide rough sleepers with housing solutions by Christmas. Announced on Wednesday, the plan includes significant government funding and a personal commitment from the Prime Minister. Burnham pledged to donate 15% of his £180,000 annual salary to homelessness causes. His government is allocating an additional £442 million to support areas with the highest levels of homelessness, providing emergency accommodation and long-term housing support this winter. This initiative builds on Burnham's earlier promise to end rough sleeping, which he made upon replacing Keir Starmer as prime minister a month prior.

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Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister a month ago.

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England will receive £442 million (US$666 million) in funding to address homelessness.

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Burnham will donate 15% of his salary to homelessness causes.

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham launched plans to help homeless people by Christmas.

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PM is paid about £180,000 a year.

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New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled plans on Wednesday to offer those sleeping rough a way off the streets by Christmas and vowed to donate part of his wages to help curb homelessness.“No one should have to bed down in a doorway or outside a station,” Burnham said in a statement announcing the new plans.It comes a month after Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister, and builds on his promise on his first day in office to end rough sleeping.His government is now setting out the next steps to achieve that aim, with emergency accommodation and long-term housing support to be put in place across England this winter.Under the programme, areas facing the highest levels of homelessness and housing pressure will receive the largest share of a boosted £442 million (US$666 million) in funding.And Burnham told The Big Issue magazine, which works to fight poverty, that he would donate 15 per cent of his salary to homelessness causes. The publication says the PM is paid about £180,000 a year.

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