Soup runs will survive
Westminster Council does a u-turn
Westminster Council has withdrawn plans to criminalise rough sleeping and soup runs in an area of central London. Their decision follows months of campaigning by charities and faith groups. There was a storm of protest when councillors proposed the by-law in March (see ‘Threat to soup runs’, the Friend, 11 March). The Methodist Church said that it belonged ‘in a Victorian statute-book’. Housing Justice predicted that there would be people ‘queuing up to commit acts of civil disobedience’ by distributing food.
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