Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she wants to put a stop to the “nuisance and distress” caused by homeless people pitching tents on…
HOME Secretary Suella Braverman said she wants to put a stop to the “nuisance and distress” caused by homeless people pitching tents on public streets.
Braverman made the comments on Twitter/X as she shared an article from the Financial Times reporting about how she is pushing for restrictions on the use of tents in urban environments.’s proposals include establishing a civil offence in England and Wales to deter charities from giving tents to homeless people.
Braverman, who is currently on a visit to the Greek island of Samos, tweeted on Saturday: “The British people are compassionate. We will always support those who are genuinely homeless. “What I want to stop, and what the law-abiding majority wants us to stop, is those who cause nuisance and distress to other people by pitching tents in public spaces, aggressively begging, stealing, taking drugs, littering, and blighting our communities.”
“The British public raise millions of pounds for homeless people at this time of year, and the Government’s response is to criminalise those charities trying to help. But figures published earlier this year showed that the number of people estimated to be sleeping rough in England had risen for the first time since 2017.
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