Protestors vowed they will clog up the courts if Westminster Council proceeds with a proposed ban on rough sleeping and soup runs in parts of the borough. Hundreds of protestors turned out to oppose the ban yesterday (20 March), which the local authority wants to introduce with a new bye-law. The protest started with scores of protestors lay on the ground outside the doors of the Communities and Local Government department. The CLG is one of the places rough sleeping would be banned under the proposed changes. The protestors included volunteers, church representatives, homelessness charities and rough sleepers. Alastair Murray, deputy director with homelessness charity Housing Justice, said the new law would ‘effectively criminalize compassion’. Read more on Inside Housing.
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