The UK government's plan to criminalize homelessness has sparked criticism from various figures, including Lord John Bird, who calls it a waste of time and a human rights abuse. Critics like Peter Stefanovic and Megan Gittoes denounce the legislation as Victorian, obscene, and a blame-shifting tactic. The proposed bill could lead to rough sleepers being arrested for bad odor and is seen as counterproductive and cruel by Crisis chief executive Matthew Downie.
Homeless people WON'T be criminalised says Rishi Sunak but vows he'll crack down on nuisance behaviour. Watch #NeverMindTheBallots, hosted by @MrHarryCole, every week on https://t.co/sOsZmZ2K9A and The Sun's YouTube channel: https://t.co/nAyOc5EYBy https://t.co/UAIwAHNoZ6
Rishi Sunak wanting to criminalise homelessness & withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights in the same week https://t.co/YFwKvweypA
"Imagine you're head to the pavement and you dread footsteps coming towards you because it's you that's going to be a victim of crime." Crisis chief exec, @matthew_downie says the bill that could criminalise homelessness is "counterproductive and cruel". https://t.co/kF7iEv7Iuw https://t.co/Ze4tL4EMtO
Megan Gittoes from the Henry Jackson Society brands new homelessness laws "really alarming", as it could see rough sleepers arrested for bad odour. "We're treating the symptom and not the actual disease, how is this our approach in 2024? It makes no sense!" @JJAnisiobi https://t.co/ar7NznLqIO
How do you criminalise someone for sleeping rough? someone who has nowhere to go? How do you fine someone who has nothing to give? What a shameful lot the people in power are. https://t.co/1ZkW1LIVne
🚨🚨 This. This. @PeterStefanovi2 is absolutely 100 % right to excoriate the UKG's new Criminal Justice Bill giving powers to police to crack down on homeless people, rough sleepers and which criminalises failures to act in line with rough sleeping prevention orders and notices. https://t.co/r6fXHhg338
Criminalising homelessness & fining people for having nothing of their own is the most nasty, Victorian, absolutely obscene & utterly useless piece of legislation imaginable If you agree RT this widely to let @RishiSunak know https://t.co/32BNHfjdjY
Criminalising homelessness & fining people for having nothing of their own is the most nasty, Victorian & absolutely obscene piece of legislation imaginable @reid6peter @CAA_Official @RealGaryWebster @campbellclaret @reece_dinsdale @DeborahMeaden @carolvorders @JohnCleese https://t.co/32BNHfjdjY
The Government’s plan to criminalise homelessness - you heard that right - CRIMINALISE HOMELESSNESS is a vile & shameless attempt to blame the most vulnerable members of our society for the national shame of its own abject failure Everyone please watch & RT this shocking report https://t.co/EnTOZmrbhQ
'It is a human rights abuse to let people live and die on our streets.' When homelessness is "moved to criminal justice issues" it signals that the govt has "lost the plot" says former rough sleeper Lord @johnbirdswords. https://t.co/BCMGCV3cHN https://t.co/jZQ4GYRPlI
'How are you going to enforce this? By sniffing people?' Founder of The Big Issue Magazine, Lord @johnbirdswords says the government's plan to criminalise homelessness is "just a waste of time". https://t.co/xItZsH7tea 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/dC5dCTFlkW