Criticism over crackdown on rough sleepers

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Crisis, Amnesty UK and the Big Issue are among more than 30 charities who say measures in the Criminal Justice Bill could see vulnerable women fined for seeking shelter

Matt Downie, chief executive of the national homelessness charity Crisis, has previously urged Home Secretary James Cleverly to drop "cruel and unnecessary measures".

He said: "We see the brutality rough sleeping inflicts on...

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