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The Vagrancy Act: What is it and why is it facing calls to be scrapped?

MPs and charities are urging the Government to repeal the almost 200-year-old law. The Big Issue explains how the Vagrancy Act continues to threaten rough sleepers

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Volunteer-led homeless outreach team having to expand as crisis worsens

Jorawar Singh Rathour and his family have been providing rough sleepers with Covid health packs, food and other essentials during the pandemic. Now they’re having to scale up due to demand.

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London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough

London mayor Sadiq Khan launched Driving for Change, which was created by coffee shop social enterprise Change Please to support people experiencing homelessness.

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Homelessness charity launches VR game to show kids the reality of life without a home

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Robert Jenrick says ending rough sleeping ‘isn’t high enough on the government’s agenda’

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Explained: The real cost of homelessness

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Arsonist jailed for setting fire to sleeping bags of rough sleepers as they slept

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‘Act now or street homelessness will skyrocket’, ministers warned

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Fury over video showing rough sleepers sprayed with jet washer in Camden

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9,000 people could fall into homelessness without national Housing First plan

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Rough sleepers are still being prosecuted under a law ministers want to scrap

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London rough sleeping figures drop is ‘calm before the storm’

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Extra £82m a year needed to end rough sleeping for good

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