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Britain’s Child Beggars – a fine solution?
Written by Mev Brown
Monday, 31 October 2011 12:33
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When the Edinburgh Corporate Order was repealed in 1982, begging on the city’s streets became legal. And it wasn’t too long before the streets were lined with those wanting to make extra cash.

Since then, the debate about begging in the Capital has bumped along and gone nowhere fast.

Begging is a sensitive issue for a number of reasons. For most, if not all, of the religious faiths, giving to those less fortunate is a principle, if not a duty.

Having worked with the homeless for nine years, I am painfully familiar with the realities of begging.

The fact is, good beggars can make good money.

A common sight on an Edinburgh street is a sign stating “hungry READ MORE

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begging for change
Written by Mev Brown
Sunday, 27 March 2011 19:37
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Whenever there is a natural disaster anywhere in the world, Britons are often the first and the most generous to give. But what about begging in the street?

For many, if not most, Brit’s feel sorry for somebody that is less well off than themselves – and so many dig into their pocket.

Off course, there is the other school of thought – “get on your bike and get a job”

So, should we give money to beggars? Many around my age (cough), will remember when there wasn’t a begging problem, and what problem there was wasn’t anything like the scale it is today.

Are things as bad as in Dickens’s day? What about the welfare state?

What happened back in the 1980′s? What are the economics of begging?

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