Helping decriminalise homelessness: 5,000 stickers for London Underground stations and trains. 

 

NO STICKERS: When British Transport Police moved to criminalise begging, signs appeared all over London Underground saying "No Begging - Penalty £200”. This raised the obvious question of how could a homeless person ever afford to pay a £200 fine? To highlight this Kafka-esque situation, we created a series of equally absurd rules that looked identical to the official ones, and placed them all over London Underground stations and trains. 

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In 2022, Parliament voted to repeal the Vagrancy Act. New legislation is due to be voted on in 2025.

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