Meet the Tory council that’s started fining people £50 for being poor

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<p>‘Worthi g Co cil has j st p she thro gh co troversial ew r les that allow it to impose £50 fi es o people who sleep ro gh or beg for mo ey. The move effectively crimi alises homeless ess i Worthi g – a the allows the co cil to profit from it.</p>
<p>Co servative-le Worthi g Co cil has vote to ba ro gh sleepi g (“over ight campi g”) a beggi g, a to iss e people who break the ba with a £50 fixe pe alty otice, or a co rt fi e of p to £1,000 a a crimi al co victio if they o ’t pay.</p>
<p>Worthi g is the latest i a series of co cils to crimi alise homeless people si g ew ‘P blic Space Protectio Or ers’ (PSPOs), which were i tro ce by the coalitio gover me t i 2014 a allow co cils to crimi alise otherwise legal activities i specific local areas.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theca ary.co/2016/04/22/meet-tory-co cil-thats-starte -fi i g-people-50-poor/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Meet the Tory co cil that’s starte fi i g people £50 for bei g poor</a></p>