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Begging in Leicester. "The Mayor is wrong to disparage those less fortunate than himself" writes Leicester Liberal Democrats' Howard Sisson

I was disappointed and saddened to read Sir Peter Soulsby's comments regarding 'beggars' in the 'Peter Soulsby responds to readers suggestions' feature posted online by the Leicester Mercury last week. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicester-mayor-peter-soulsby-responds-to-mercury-reader-suggestion-to-improve-city-centre/story-30077228-detail/story.html. Asked by readers to 'stop begging in the City Centre' Sir Peter's response was that 'studies done on this show that a high proportion of beggars are people with homes… and are taking advantage of people'.

HS
1 Feb 2017
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