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LIKE every major centre in Britain, Salford in Greater Manchester has homeless people.
Officially Greater Manchester has 278 “entrenched” rough sleepers, but add in those whose state of homelessness fluctuates – sometimes having a place to sleep, sometimes not — and the number almost doubles.
Mayor Andy Burnham released funding to guarantee “a bed every night” for Greater Manchester’s homeless over winter.
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