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Bridget and her dogs Bruce and Bambi have been on the streets for several months after a no-fault eviction. Image: Marc Davenant<\/p>\nWestminster is England\u2019s rough sleeping hotspot and the council told the Big Issue that they acted over safety fears.<\/p>\n
Bridget and her dogs Bruce and Bambi have been on the streets for several months after a no-fault eviction. Image: Marc Davenant<\/p>\n
A council spokesperson added that local authority outreach teams have worked with everyone living at the site and \u201cencourage individuals who are still rough sleeping to take up the offer\u201d of accommodation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe council obtained the necessary court order to clear the encampment at Adelphi Terrace, which is not a safe place to live and is disruptive to local people,\u201d a council spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to offer people support they need whether this is with housing, addiction, mental health problems to help them move away from homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The case highlights the difficulty of handling rising rough sleeping compassionately.<\/p>\n A record 13,231 people<\/a> were seen sleeping rough in London in 2024-25, according to official Chain figures, while mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to end rough sleeping in the capital by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ultimately, no one is safe on the streets but how homeless people are brought indoors and supported is a tricky problem to solve as rough sleeping numbers grow.<\/p>\n Davenant said: \u201cThis is exactly what has been happening in San Francisco since Trump was elected and we are seeing a creeping \u2018Americanisation\u2019 of the treatment of homeless people in the UK recently with a move towards criminalisation which solves nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Do you have a story to tell or opinions to share about this?\u00a0Get in touch and tell us more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Change a vendor\u2019s life this winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n Buy from your local Big Issue vendor every week \u2013 and always take the magazine. It\u2019s how vendors earn with dignity and how we fund our work to end poverty.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can also support online with a\u00a0vendor support kit<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0magazine subscription<\/a>. Thank you for standing with Big Issue vendors.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westminster is England\u2019s rough sleeping hotspot and the council told the Big Issue that they acted over safety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,6332,6333,257,12,2249,17562,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-700599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-homelessness","12":"tag-housing","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-photography","16":"tag-rough-sleeping","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115906617328449085","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Louise-and-Joao-1.jpg\")
Louise and Joao, who live in the encampment with dogs Simba, Bear and Lucky, lost their home due to a no-fault eviction and can\u2019t find a new home where they can live with their dogs. Image: Marc Davenant<\/p>\n