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, ...

Brian Thiessen, the mayoral candidate under The Calgary Party banner, said the party's platform focuses on providing housing ...

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

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

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised as 200-year-old law scrapped in ‘landmark moment’ - Figures show the number of people ...

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 ...

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

The mayor of London has said he will end the "trauma" of people who have to be sleeping on the streets before they can access support. He aims to ending rough sleeping by 2030, and has secured £17m in ...

The government is to scrap a 200-year-old law making rough sleeping a criminal offence in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act ...

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