Rejected petition Stop the criminalisation of Squatting

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We the undersigned petition Parliament and the Government to drop clause 130 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which would criminalise squatting in residential properties. In a time whne the government's vicious cuts in housing benefits causing massive homelessness, to criminalise squatting would only worsen such a situation. Many have no other option but to squat.

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Date submitted 1 March 2012
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