A survey of beggars in one city has found that just one
in ten of those seeking money from the public were actually homeless. Of 52
people asking for cash in Nottingham, only five were sleeping rough. The
majority of the rest either had their own home or were living with friends or
relatives. The survey by homeless charity Framework comes two years after
police found that 65 per cent of people arrested in Birmingham for begging had
a roof over their heads. Those who are caught persistently begging are set to
be fined up to £200 in a crackdown by the authorities, while anti-social
behaviour orders are being used to ban beggars from certain parts of the city.
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