The UK Government is considering criminalizing rough sleeping in the Criminal Justice Bill, potentially imposing fines of up to £2,500 or imprisonment on homeless individuals. Various organizations, including YMCA and HomelessLink, have expressed concerns and urged Home Secretary James Cleverly to reconsider these punitive measures. Charities have criticized the plans as dehumanizing and potentially stigmatizing for homeless individuals, with Crisis warning that they could criminalize homelessness.
More than 30 charities have written to James Cleverly urging him to reconsider new measures to crack down on 'nuisance' rough sleepers @crisis_uk told ITV News the plans are 'cruel and demeaning', warning they could criminalise homeless people https://t.co/3cGRnL1T1a
More than 30 charities have written to Home Secretary James Cleverly urging him to reconsider new measures to crack down on 'nuisance' rough sleepers Crisis told ITV News the plans are 'cruel and demeaning', warning they could criminalise homeless people https://t.co/3cGRnL1T1a
The current measures in the Criminal Justice Bill will criminalise rough sleeping. The Minister needs to sit down and read the bill and, more importantly, encourage her colleagues in the Home Office to ditch this cruel nonsense. https://t.co/5OXCOcDTE5
Plans to clamp down on rough sleepers are “utterly dehumanising” and could see homeless people punished for looking for safety, leading charities have warned https://t.co/8jLl79AGsi
Alongside 36 other organisations, YMCA has written to Home Secretary @jamescleverly urging him to reconsider damaging proposals to fine and imprison people forced to sleep on our streets. https://t.co/MVBpLME4ez #CriminalJusticeBill
Threatening people sleeping rough with fines and prison will stigmatise those of us facing homelessness and make it harder to provide support. Join us and @crisis_uk and contact your MP urging them to stand against these plans. https://t.co/myQuAFV2h5
Alongside 36 other organisations, we have written to the Home Secretary @jamescleverly urging him to reconsider proposals to fine and imprison people forced to sleep on our streets #CriminalJusticeBill. https://t.co/cx0BrtLyC6
The Government has plans to criminalise rough sleeping in its Criminal Justice Bill. This would mean that anyone who has become homeless and is sleeping on the streets could be fined up to £2,500 or even jailed. @Victoria_Spratt details how as many as 40 Tory MPs may rebel https://t.co/M4k3Ew0jB3
Well, wouldst tha’ leuk at this 👇 A @UKLabour council criminalising homelessness, rough sleeping, and free speech…. Don’t listen to what they say - watch what they do when they’re in power. https://t.co/DhYHGA6G9P
🗣️ "A fine? We have nothing": what rough sleepers think of the Tory crackdown on homelessness ⬇️ https://t.co/rNmaLV2RX6