00:00Data shows there were 4,678 people recorded as sleeping rough in the capital in July to September this year.
00:09The combined Homelessness and Information Network, or chain figures, published on Friday showed that there were 819 people classed as
00:19living on the streets, a rise of 8% on the same time last year and up by a fifth
00:24on the previous quarter.
00:27First-time rough sleep has accounted for almost half, 46% of the total number in July to September.
00:35Andy Burnham, on becoming Prime Minister in July, said it would be his first instruction to end rough sleeping in
00:44the country, and has since vowed to give every single person sleeping on the streets an offer of help by
00:51Christmas.
00:51He announced this week that government funding would be doubled so that people aren't just offered a safe route off
00:58the streets this winter, but have that same support right through the rest of this parliament.
01:04Rick Henderson, the chief executive of Homeless Link, the national membership body for frontline homelessness services, said the increase in
01:13rough sleeping across London, and particularly of those spending longer on the streets, is a stark reminder of the huge
01:21challenge London and the wider country face in turning the Prime Minister's ambition to end rough sleeping into action.
01:28Rick Henderson, the chief executive of Homeless Link, the proudисл
