Conservative Westminster council in Central London wants to make it an offence to sleep rough – while slashing £5million of funding to hostels. They also want to bring in a bylaw making it an offence to “give out food for free”, punishable by fines.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/03/01/heartless-tory-council-plans-to-ban-charities-from-feeding-the-homeless-with-soup-runs-115875-22957295/
So much for The Big Society and 'caring tories'. When I was an Assembly Member I campaigned against their plans to hose-down rough sleepers.
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