Deputy Prime Minister to scrap 200-year-old law, with fears more people could camp on streets
Deputy Prime Minister to scrap 200-year-old law, with fears more people could camp on streets
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Fears of tent cities as rough sleeping is decriminalised
Fears of rise in tent cities as rough sleeping is decriminalised
Rachel Reeves pledges to end use of asylum hotels by 2029
Migrant hotels to close... by 2029! Reeves vows to end use of scheme
Government set to decriminalise rough sleeping
Tent cities could pop up across the UK as rough sleeping is decriminalised, critics of the policy say.
The number of rough sleepers has risen dramatically since 2010, from 1,768 people thought to be sleeping rough on an average…
Critics fear scrapping the Vagrancy Act will lead to a proliferation of ‘tent cities’ similar to that in American cities like San…
The number of households in temporary accommodation is also at record levels
Minister warns that migrants may have to move to shared houses or even on to the streets unless hotel accommodation is shut down…
