At Centrepoint, we are for social behaviour and not against action to tacke antisocial behaviour. We should approach begging not as a type of antisocial behaviour that people commit, but as a manifestation of social exclusion.
After six years of working in partnership with the Government to tackle the causes and consequences of social exclusion, we are disappointed and mystified about the turn of events last week. Aggressive behaviour by anyone in a public space is unacceptable, but penalties already exist to deal with this problem. Fifteen hundred people were arrested for "begging" under the Vagrancy or Public Order Acts in Westminster alone last year.
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