I am proud of my track record of tackling the underlying causes of rough sleeping. As your MP, I will work with government to secure more services, resources and powers to end rough sleeping.
Nickie Aiken, Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, welcomes the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy to drive forward the manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping for good.
The Strategy will see 14,000 beds and 3,000 support staff this year and will help individual
MP for the Cities of London & Westminster, Nickie Aiken, took the opportunity to catch up with Mayor of Greater Manchester and her fellow Kerslake Commissioner Andy Burnham.
They shared their knowledge and experiences of endeavouring to end rough sleeping in Manchester and the Two Cities and ag
For more than 10 years, Nickie Aiken has worked to secure more services, resources, and powers to end rough sleeping. The 1824 Vagrancy Act must be repealed, which currently criminalises the most vulnerable in our society.
This article originally appeared in The Evening Standard on the 25th August 2021.
Calls for ‘cruel’ and ‘antiquated’ Vagrancy Act to be scrapped.
Campaigners and cross-party MPs are calling for the Government to scrap an “antiquated” law that the Housing Secretary six months ago sai
Nickie Aiken, MP for the Cities of London met up with George O'Neill, CEO of the Cardinal Hume Centre, based in Westminster.
Nickie had a fantastic visit to the Cardinal Hume Centre to see the brilliant work they are doing to enable people to gain the skills they need to overcome poverty and h
