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Dr James Peate

Today the government repealed the 1824 Vagrancy Act. The focus has been on rough sleeping but the government has also accidentality repealed one of the most anti-Romani pieces of legislation. I've been researching the act and here's why its interesting www.gov.uk/government/n... 1/5

Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealedThe government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.www.gov.uk
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Dr James Peate

The act deliberately targeted British Romanies way of life & making a living proscribing ‘every Petty Chapman or Pedlar wandering abroad, and trading without being duly licensed’ & targeted ‘every Person pretending or professing to tell Fortunes' 2/5

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Dr James Peate

The act also moved to ban where British Romanies lived proscribing with’ every Person wandering abroad and lodging in any Barn or Outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied Building, or in the open Air, or under a Tent, or in any Cart or Waggon.’ 3/5

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Dr James Peate

Much as the repeal of this act is not being taken to make Romani lives better - in 1824 there was no movement to increase the discrimination towards them. Instead the wording that targeted Romani way of life was copied over from the previous 1744 Vagrancy Act 4/5

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Dr James Peate

The 1744 Vagrancy Act had been deployed to devastating effect to clear Romanies, especially off of common land during enclosure. As such with little thought by legislators discriminatory legislation was introduced, maintained & repeal without any thought of the Romani people it targeted 5/5