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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleepers is to be scrapped in what homeless charities have hailed a “landmark moment”.

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