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No one who served in the UK armed forces should have to sleep on the streets this Christmas, Andy Burnham has said.
Downing Street said the prime minister will personally write to councils across England on Armistice Day (11 November) to urge them to draw up specific plans to offer accommodation for veterans sleeping rough ahead of the festive period.
He will say that, going forward, national and local government should work under the "simple principle" that "no one who has served our country should ever be left to sleep rough on our streets".
