Burnham warned homelessness in England could rise 25% by 2030 without radical action

A report by IPPR North and Crisis projects that homelessness in England will increase by 50,000 people to over 230,000 by 2030 without policy changes.

• Incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised the biggest council housebuilding programme since the postwar period.
• Burnham is understood to have told advisers he wants a rapid fall in rough sleeping numbers within months of taking office.
• The report calls for a national expansion of Burnham's "A Bed Every Night" programme and for councils to bring empty homes back into use.
• Last year, UK government spending on homelessness reached £3.8bn, more than double 2010 levels, according to the Institute for Government.