Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to offer help to ‘every single person’ on the streets by Christmas. Rise in London rough sleeping a 'stark reminder of huge challenge' facing Burnham - 4,678 people were recorded as sleeping rough in the capital in July to September this. Andy Burnham faces ‘huge challenge’ as homelessness numbers in London rise - Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to offer help to ‘every single person’.