Being a rough sleeper is not illegal in 2018

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✒ CHELTENHAM BID should be aware that a rough sleeper is someone sleeping or bedding down in open air.

Government counts and Home Office policy refer to rough sleepers not street people.

Antisocial behaviour is defined as something that causes alarm or distress. Some rough sleepers sleep or read books most of the time.

Being a rough sleeper is not illegal and freedom to choose who to give money to should be respected.

Ian Stewart