Ending rough sleeping as a priority was not what he was elected on. In fact, he was never elected. External factors might be out of the UK's powers, but it still affects spending; something he promised will likely have to give way. Lord Walker and many others say the triple lock on pensions needs to end, but he won't do that, carry out the difficult choices, because he's a populist, and as a populist, he is utterly incapable of persuading people of things they don't like. Like Johnson, Trump, he doesn't like not being liked. All three of them were political simpletons, of the belief that successful government was merely "getting things done". He's not going to end rough sleeping, you know that, right? It's impossible to end it, because many choose to do that. It will be "ended" by fudging the stats, changing definitions. No one can even agree what "rough sleeping " even means; it means more that camping out in a ditch under polythene or on a pavement, it includes sofa surfing, parked up vans. It's a distraction. It's linked to the state of the economy; deal with the economic issues, and rough sleeping measures will naturally improve. Failing Thames Water Plc will be Failing Thames Water Corporation. They were failing before privatisation. It's expensive window dressing that doesn't move the dial. Debt will still be run up, only now its the treasury (and taxpayers, irrespective if Thames water is your provider). Nationalisation didn't work first time. No reason to think it will work now.
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