Obviously, one shouldn't take the perspective of a leading councillor as read, as there is always another perspective on the work of a council, but there is much in here that is true:
Making it a civil offence to provide tents to homeless people is not the way to end rough sleeping. Instead, we need to support people who are spiralling. Homelessness could happen to any of us. A government with any compassion would not forget this.
I remember seeing dozens of tents under the underpasses in Central MK. Never any issues with the people living in them, just the Young Team on the redways
A good article indirectly on the recent spewings of that pathetic caricature of a home secretary:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/07/rough-sleeping-milton-keynes-rehousing-suella-braverman
Obviously, one shouldn't take the perspective of a leading councillor as read, as there is always another perspective on the work of a council, but there is much in here that is true: