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

A 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleepers is set to be scrapped. The Vagrancy Act, introduced in 1824 for punishment of ...

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

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

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

Secret state government data has shown an alarming rise in rough sleeping across Adelaide’s suburbs – even as official ...

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

HUDDLED outside a luxury department store, a homeless man puffs on a suspicious-looking cigarette while young families hurry ...

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

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

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

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