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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Labour Government have pledged to scrap the law by next spring in an effort to decriminalise rough sleeping in public ...

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 ...