Stop giving out fines to the homeless rough sleepers of Britain.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

I found a guy I regularly buy food for in tears. A member of my local council and a police officer in tow gave him an £100 for begging. He has nothing, no family, no home, no job, how is he expected to pay a fine when he can even get the money together every day to feed himself. This needs to stop.

It's been well known over the news already of this occurring in London, I knew my council had a lack of empathy for the people they serve and regular known to waste tax payers money. I never thought they would take the stance of taking what little the poorest of our community has. There are plenty of abandoned buildings that could be renovated into hostels or centres to rehabilitate and educate if money was spent more wisely, fining them is not the answer.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824

Timeline

16 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
26 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Jul 2019

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