http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/02/westminster-council-homeless-soup?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038

Controversial plans to outlaw soup runs for homeless people on the streets around Westminster Cathedral in London have been dropped.

Campaigners called the U-turn by Westminster council a victory for common sense, saying that the "draconian" proposals would have made it a crime to give free food to homeless people in parts of the borough.