Is it right to give cash to the homeless?
Is it ever right to give cash to homeless people sleeping rough on the streets? Or does it do more harm than good?
Journalist Matt Broomfield thinks we should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people, without judging what they do with it. He has volunteered at homelessness charities and soup kitchens for years and says begging is gruelling and dehumanising.
Meanwhile, Lord John Bird, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Big Issue, was homeless and spent time in prison before turning his life around and he believes that giving money directly to beggars does not solve the homelessness crisis.