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'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
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'You can't criminalise your way out of homelessness': UN expert warns of politicians attacking rough sleepers
UN expert Balakrishnan Rajagopal is telling governments to stop criminalising homelessness. He talks human rights, the housing crisis and the far-right
'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
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'Shocking': Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they're trying to police it out of existence
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This government failed to end rough sleeping – so now they're trying to police it out of existence
Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
Homelessness has exploded since I slept on the streets. Here's how to end it once and for all
Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell