Peter Stefanovic has hit out at Suella Braverman’s claim that rough sleeping is sometimes a “lifestyle choice” in his latest viral video.
It was reported over the weekend that the home secretary has proposed establishing a civil offence to deter charities from giving tents to homeless people.
Organisations could be fined for doing so if it is deemed to have caused a nuisance under the plans being pitched for inclusion in the King’s Speech, which will set out the UK Government’s legislative agenda on Tuesday.
The potential law would also seek to prevent the obstruction of shop doorways by rough sleepers who are using tents, the FT said.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Home Secretary said the UK should not become San Francisco or Los Angeles and warned against rough sleeping becoming a “lifestyle choice”.
“We will always support those who are genuinely homeless,” Mrs Braverman said.
Hitting back at the remarks, Stefanovic said the home secretary was blaming and criminalising the most vulnerable in society for the “national shame of the abject failure of her own government”.
Watch the clip in full below:
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