Windsor council delays plans to tackle homeless

Windsor’s council has bowed to pressure over homeless rough sleepers by postponing plans to rid the streets of them ahead of the royal wedding.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead confirmed the plans would no longer go before its cabinet next week and had been pushed back to March. It said moves to fine those in breach of a public space protection order needed “further work”.

The heavily criticised paper included proposals to ban people leaving belongings on the streets and increasing fines, but it will now be split in two to deal with homelessness and anti-social behaviour separately.