Two former housing ministers are launching a bid to repeal Britain's 200-year-old Vagrancy Act in order to end the" criminalisation of the homeless". Robert Jenrick, an ex-housing secretary, and Lord Young of Cookham, who served under Sir John Major, are backing an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which would overturn the archaic legislation. The amendment, tabled on Friday by a crossbench peer, is intended to force Boris Johnson's hand over the issue after he declared
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2021-12-06 00:00:00.0