Over the years, parts of the act have been repealed, though statutes covering “sleeping out” and begging are still in effect.

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

The boss of a Blackpool homeless charity has said a plan to decriminalise rough sleeping on the streets of the seaside town ...

The Vagrancy Act 1824 was introduced amid a spiralling homelessness crisis after the Industrial Revolution. Most of the act ...

The Vagrancy Act that has criminalised rough sleeping in England and Wales for more than 200 years is finally set to be ...

Secret state government data has shown an alarming rise in rough sleeping across Adelaide’s suburbs – even as official ...

A 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleepers is set to be scrapped. The Vagrancy Act, introduced in 1824 for punishment of ...

Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised as the Government abolishes a 200-year-old law that made it illegal. The Vagrancy Act, ...

Angela Rayner’s plans to decriminalise rough sleeping could lead to San Francisco-style tent cities in Britain, the Tories ...