Hugh Gaffney MP

06 Sep 2019 Communities

Homeless people should be supported - not criminalised. We must abolish the Vagrancy Act

The Government has not only failed to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness but have also reduced the support which is available to homeless people, writes Hugh Gaffney

11 Sep 2018 Communities

Ministers' casual disregard for the real human misery caused by the introduction of PIP must be held to account

Out of the torrent of bad legislation introduced by the Tories, for sheer nastiness, coupled with spectacular incompetence, the Welfare Reform Act 2012, also supported by the coalition Lib Dems, takes the prize, says Hugh Gaffney MP.