Can the government actually end rough sleeping by Christmas? | BBC Newscast

Today, Andy Burnham has doubled the funding for his pledge to get rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas. £432 million pound will be announced for the plan in Wednesday’s budget. Adam and Chris are joined by housing correspondent Tarah Welsh to discuss how the money could be spent and why the government has chosen to focus on rough sleeping.

Plus, with elections taking place in Brazil and Serbia over the weekend and Israeli voters set to go to the polls tomorrow Adam caught up with political scientist Ben Ansell from the University of Oxford to break down what the elections tell us about trends in global politics.

00:00 Andy Burnham’s £874m rough sleeping pledge

02:00 Where will the money go?

05:00 Can Burnham end rough sleeping by Christmas?

09:00 Why focus on rough sleeping?

12:00 Burnham’s plans for the UK’s relationship with the EU

16:00 Could freedom of movement return?

20:00 Brazil: Lula’s dramatic election comeback

23:00 Who is Flávio Bolsonaro?

28:00 Serbia: the student movement that defeated Vučić

31:00 Israel’s election: why forming a government could take weeks

33:00 Are people using AI to decide how to vote?

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