Phil The Sheep: Yeah, exactly, I suspect it was being introduced to threaten them with prison and to then just shunt them off to be another local authority's "problem"

They don't have an inside to go to. This is "increase jail population and slave labor" ruling.

Some areas of the UK are either starting to, or trying to, fine homeless people for rough sleeping. Absolutely disgusting behaviour, and counter-productive.

Like where are they even gonna get the money to pay the fine from? They might as well just bring back debtor’s prisons for how they treat the poor!

Yeah, exactly, I suspect it was being introduced to threaten them with prison and to then just shunt them off to be another local authority's "problem"

It’s the short-term, self-reinforcing gratification of “punishment” without any thought put into actually stopping homelessness from happening.

Can't remember which LA it was but IIRC it was a quite posh Tory area so I suspect they just didn't want their residents "irritated by peasants"

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