As Councillors have reflected their resident and business concerns over over anti-social behaviour, street vice, and begging, Westminster officers, along with the Safer Neighbourhood Team, and Home Office Enforcement have been active in our ward. There has been a series of arrests and some deportations as a result. A campaign to encourage everyone to give to authorised charities rather than to beggars has been timed to begin before Ramadan, when begging tends to increase in our ward.
