Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has declined to repeat Suella Braverman's claim that rough sleeping is a 'lifestyle choice', saying he would take a 'different approach'. Mr Chalk was asked if he would reiterate her claim, and he said: 'No I wouldn't, I would take a different approach.
'It is absolutely correct that we shouldn't do anything that entrenches people's rough sleeping, condemning and consigning people to poorer health outcomes,' he said. 'I'm afraid sometimes to be kind you have to be robust, you have to be really quite firm about it. 'I do think when we are talking about choices, it is important to understand the context of those choices.
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