Over the years, parts of the act have been repealed, though statutes covering “sleeping out” and begging are still in effect.

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

The Vagrancy Act 1824 was introduced amid a spiralling homelessness crisis after the Industrial Revolution. Most of the act ...

The Vagrancy Act that has criminalised rough sleeping in England and Wales for more than 200 years is finally set to be ...

Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised as the Government abolishes a 200-year-old law that made it illegal. The Vagrancy Act, ...

After 200 years, rough sleeping will no longer be a crime as the Government confirms it will formally scrap the Vagrancy Act ...

Secret state government data has shown an alarming rise in rough sleeping across Adelaide’s suburbs – even as official ...

The boss of a Blackpool homeless charity has said a plan to decriminalise rough sleeping on the streets of the seaside town ...

The government is to scrap a 200-year-old law making rough sleeping a criminal offence in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act ...