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Prime Minister Andy Burnham is stepping up his efforts to tackle rough sleeping, with the Budget set to deliver a £432 million boost to help get homeless people off the streets by Christmas. Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We found the money, because it's important that we can give everybody a route off the street.
00:06We shouldn't accept the fact that people have to sleep rough in this country that we just walked past.
00:12Most British people want something to be done, and we are doing that.
00:16I walked up Downing Street and I said, as my first commitment, we would work hard to end the need
00:22for rough sleeping in the UK.
00:23I am now confident in saying that we can give everybody an offer away from the street this Christmas,
00:32and that is a big commitment from us, but it's a big step on their journey towards recovery.

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