Fines For Homeless Scrapped By Hackney Council After Public Backlash

‘The London Council at the centre of a controversial crackdown on homeless people has announced it will scrap a proposed £1,000 fine for rogue rough sleepers.

80,000 people petitioned Hackney councillors to strike rough sleeping from a list of ‘anti-social’ activities in areas controlled by a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), which people could be billed a heft sum for breaching.

The PSPO was allegedly designed to tackle “the anti-social behaviour linked to street drinking, persistent rough sleeping and begging in ‘hot spots’”.

Under its rules, police and council officers could hand out fixed penalties to ‘offenders’.’

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