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Charities welcome government decision to decriminalise rough sleeping after 200 years

The government will scrap a 200-year-old law that makes rough sleeping a criminal offence in England and Wales.

Sleeping bag on pavement, surrounded by cigarette butts
The outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 will be axed for good (picture: Alamy)

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