Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism
Proposal, attacked by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPsUK politics live – latest updatesThe government will drop plans to criminalise rough sleepers for being deemed a nuisance or having an excessive smell after Tory MPs threatened a revolt over the proposals.The plans, originally announced by the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, had been condemned by homeless charities as dehumanising. Continue reading...

Proposal, attacked by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs
The government will drop plans to criminalise rough sleepers for being deemed a nuisance or having an excessive smell after Tory MPs threatened a revolt over the proposals.
The plans, originally announced by the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, had been condemned by homeless charities as dehumanising. Continue reading...