US EditionPeople should not be arrested ‘just if they smell’, says Cabinet minister
- Tory MPs are pushing to remove the provision to detain someone based on odor from the Criminal Justice Bill as it progresses through parliament.
- A cross-party effort seeks to soften the bill's stance on homelessness by removing nuisance begging directions.
- More than 40 Conservative MPs may oppose the Criminal Justice Bill, concerned that it could lead to the criminalization of rough sleepers.
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Rough sleepers ‘should not be arrested just if they smell’, says UK minister
Gillian Keegan appears to join growing band of Tory MPs with misgivings about proposals in flagship crime billRough sleepers should not be arrested if they smell, a cabinet minister has said, as she apparently joined a growing rebellion by Conservative MPs against plans to criminalise homelessness.Police in England and Wales are to be given powers to fine or move on rough sleepers deemed to be causing a “nuisance” under proposals that form part …
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