The boss of a Blackpool homeless charity has said a plan to decriminalise rough sleeping on the streets of the seaside town ...

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

The Vagrancy Act that has criminalised rough sleeping in England and Wales for more than 200 years is finally set to be ...

Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised as the Government abolishes a 200-year-old law that made it illegal. The Vagrancy Act, ...

Angela Rayner’s plans to decriminalise rough sleeping could lead to San Francisco-style tent cities in Britain, the Tories ...

The Vagrancy Act 1824 was introduced amid a spiralling homelessness crisis after the Industrial Revolution. Most of the act ...

Salvation Army Director of Homelessness Services Nick Redmore also said: “We strongly welcome the Government’s pledge to ...

After 200 years, rough sleeping will no longer be a crime as the Government confirms it will formally scrap the Vagrancy Act ...

Only someone with limited intelligence could have given the go-ahead for Britain to be turned into one big shanty town. Yes, ...

Decriminalising a 200-year-old law making rough sleeping an offence is "long-overdue", a charity has said. The government ...

The local authority, alongside many councils across the region and UK, are dealing with a rapid increase in rough sleeping ...

The UK government announced on Monday that it plans to scrap a Georgian-era law that made 'rough sleeping' a criminal offense. The official statement promised to abolish the 200-year-old statute by ...