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Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

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.

The criminal justice bill, which returns to the Commons on Wednesday, would have given police powers to move on anyone who looked like they might be intending to sleep rough or even because…


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