UK makes street sleeping and begging legal ending 200 year old crime.
Rough sleeping no longer a crime as 200-year-old law to be repealed next weekhttps://t.co/qUrSUr90hc — LBC (@LBC) June 28, 2026 Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging. …