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Suella Braverman doubles down on living in tent being 'lifestyle choice'

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Suella Braverman doubles-down on living in tent being ‘lifestyle choice’

Suella Braverman has backed up her controversial comments that living in a tent is a ‘lifestyle choice’, during a new interview.

The home secretary caused a stir when she tweeted that streets were being taken over ‘by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice’.

In new clips from Sky News, she appears to defend her remarks, adding: “With it has brought drug use, criminality, and anti-social behaviour.”

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