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‘You can’t criminalise your way out of homelessness’: UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
Housing

‘You can’t criminalise your way out of homelessness’: UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers

UN expert Balakrishnan Rajagopal is telling governments to stop criminalising homelessness. He talks human rights, the housing crisis and the far-right

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
Rough sleeping

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021

The 200-year-old law remains in operation and criminalising rough sleepers despite a Tory promise to scrap it

This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence
Tom Kerridge

This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they’re trying to police it out of existence

The Criminal Justice Bill will continue England’s 200-year-old history of criminalising rough sleeping. It must be scrapped, writes Centrepoint’s Dr Tom Kerridge

Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here’s how to end it once and for all
Matthew Torbitt

Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here’s how to end it once and for all

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Homelessness

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell

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