UK police now have free rein to create 'dispersal zones' in public places, writes Josie Appleton. This allows them to exclude people for anything from street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely 'congregating'. This represents a serious breach of our Common Law and Magna Carta rights.
… street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely … Those barred from public places include homeless people, a disabled man handing out food for the homeless who was issued with a dispersal …
Oxford Council's Executive Board meets today to decide whether to criminalise 'noncompliant' busking, pavement art, cycling and other activities in the City's vibrant public spaces, punishable with a £1,000 fine. Jonny Walker wrote them this Open Letter.
… begging, despite the fact that a coalition of homelessness charities have asked you to … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a …
Laws handing sweeping new powers to police and private security to restrict access to Britain's public space will extinguish the diversity of civic life, writes Josie Appleton. Time for us to rediscover and defend our freedoms!
… groups. For example, a Council could ban homeless or young people from a park, or from …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… immigrants (New York City), housing for the homeless (Salt Lake City), and a liveable …