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Plugging in a microwave does not make a room a flat, a judge has ruled

UK: Judge Johns KC – “A Room Cannot Be Turned into a Flat Simply by Plugging in a Microwave!” (1.1.2026)

The owners also challenged that decision, but judges at another tribunal ruled in the council’s favour again, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Judge Johns KC said a room could not “be turned into a flat simply by plugging in a microwave.”

He added there was “no relevant storage, no food preparation area” and that planning laws were supposed to “protect people in the occupation of their homes, not to encourage them to cook their own meals”.

Despite the second rejection, the company has now sought to appeal the verdict.

A hotel spokesman said the building stopped housing homeless people about two years ago.

Paul Wells, the council’s Conservative portfolio holder for licensing, said the authority was “delighted” with the ruling, which “sets a precedent for all local authorities that want to improve housing standards for residents”.

“Our teams worked exceptionally hard to achieve this result and deserve real credit,” he added.

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Pick Up Thy Bed and Walk!

UK: Homeless Carpenter Moves “Mysteriously” Around South London! (2.8.2025)

A new study by homelessness charity Crisis found that among older low-income earners, one in five feared homelessness in their retirement, and many say they cannot afford to stop working.

“A generation once thought to be safe from our housing crisis is now increasingly being swept up in it and at real risk of homelessness,” it concludes.

Francesca Albanese, executive director of policy and social change at Crisis, told Sky News: “Most people are thinking they will go into later life with savings and security, and actually the cost of housing alongside lower wages is meaning that for lots more people that just isn’t an option.”

‘You don’t change the person you are’

Daniel has a bag system. A carrier for dirty laundry, a rucksack for clean, and a small essentials bag on top.

We pass Croydon College, where he obtained his City & Guilds carpentry qualifications, and go to the public library where Daniel charges his phone and uses computers to apply for work.

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Rough sleepers will no longer be criminalised with the repeal of the Vagrancy Act (Yui Mok/PA)

UK: Labour Scrapping [1824] Vagrancy Act in Publicity Stunt – Replacing It With “New Offences” in Crime & Policing Bill! (11.6.2025)

In other words, the Police cannot properly punish the homeless in the modern era under the 1824 Act – and it must be updated and reformed. Labour thinks it can gain some short-term credit for an apparent “humanitarian” act – when in reality all the powers contained in the 1824 Act are being updated and transferred into a reformed Crime and Policing Bill. This change is superficial and will see the Police given far more relevant powers to arrest, persecute, and/or move on the homeless in many more imaginative and creative ways that by-pass all the legal powers that charities currently use to support and protect the homeless, etc. This is a Labour “attack” on homelessness – disguised as “progress” and “improvement”.

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Socialist Outbreak in Barking!

London: Barking Opens First Permanent Showers for Homeless! (2.4.2025)

The idea for the permanent facility came about after a number of pop-up events at Barking Learning Centre, where guests could see a doctor without an appointment and could also get haircuts, showers, clothes and food.

According to the council, most people who were surveyed at the events said they attended for free food and showers, as well as to see a doctor.

ShowerBox Barking is currently open on Fridays but Maureen Worby, the council’s cabinet member for adult social care, said she hoped to recruit volunteers to have a women-only day.

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"National Agency for Blue Badge Fraud Investigations

UK: Emails Exposing the Far-Right “National Agency for Blue Badge Fraud Investigations”! (1.2.2025)

Furthermore, this firm takes great pride in “evicting” disabled people from their premises, aided and abetted by Local Councils, so that (and I’m quoting from their website) – “Homeless people can be housed in their place!” This is the bouncing of one vulnerable group off another for the entertainment of the mainstream. This firm “denies” that the Tories abolished Social Housing and that there is a lack thereof. Finally, the bad spelling and poor grammar on the website smirks of the poor education often associated with the far-right! Of course, Local Councils are notorious for using these kind of intimidatory tactics – so it only makes sense that they would use tax payer’s money to employ those with a limited enough educational background – so as to suffer no moral qualms!

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Homeless in Paris!

France: La Gaîté Lyrique Théâtre [The Lyrical Gaiety] – Demonstrates Solidarity with the Belleville Park Youth Collective [Collectif des Jeunes du Parc de Belleville]! (17.1.2025)

Due to the occupation of the building, and in the absence of solutions proposed by the competent authorities, the Gaîté Lyrique is currently unable to maintain the conditions allowing the reception of the public in its spaces. The decision has been taken to keep the building closed: scheduled events are cancelled, postponed or relocated to partner venues until further notice.

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