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Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

If they slash funding to hostels, they're just going to make the problem worse and more widespread, but think of all the fines they can issue! Then they will have to employ more people to process them, and can pat themselves on the back over how many new jobs they have created whilst contributing to lowering unemployment figures.

Their masterplan surely can't be to fine the homeless people themselves? ... ... homeless people are not exactly well known for having ... you know... money? I guess they could send in the bailiffs to seize their sleeping bags and fingerless gloves. They probably would.

in all seriousness though, the policy is clearly to try to "move them on" divorced areas. It's not a national policy, it's for one well off area of London... Their thinking will be "so long as its not on my doorstep, I don't care". Fairly typical Tory stuff, then.