Honestly don’t know if a person could be more callous and uncaring.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Unless action is taken, she said, “British cities will go the way of places in the US like San Francisco and Los Angeles, where weak policies have led to an explosion of crime, drug taking and squalor.”
The paper reported that sources had said the plans being considered are for two clauses to be inserted in the new criminal justice bill, which applies to England and Wales.
Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner added that the government should take responsibility for the housing crisis, rather than blame homeless people.
“A toxic mix of rising rents and a failure to end no-fault evictions are hitting vulnerable people, yet after years of delay the Tories still haven’t kept their promises to act,” she said.
The Liberal Democrats’ home affairs spokesman, Alistair Carmichael, said it was “grim politics” to “criminalise homeless charities for simply trying to keep vulnerable people warm and dry in winter”.
He added: “This policy will do nothing to stop rough sleeping and will leave vulnerable people to face the harsh weather conditions without any shelter whatsoever.”
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breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How about giving them affordable housing and helping them out. Rather than just criminalising living in a tent.
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