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Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

Proposal, attacked by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs

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The government will drop plans to criminalise rough sleepers for being deemed a nuisance or having an excessive smell, after Tory MPs threatened a revolt over the proposals.

The plans originally announced by the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, had been condemned by homeless charities as dehumanising. Continue reading…
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