Councils in Scotland could join forces in a bid to outlaw street begging. Aberdeen City Council and Glasgow City Council want to work with other local authorities to bring Scotland into line with England by banning the practice. Officials from Aberdeen have drawn up an initial draft of a potential byelaw to prohibit street begging but face opposition from the Scottish Government, which will need to agree any legislation. Aberdeen city councillors were expected to ‘support continuation of joint working with Glasgow City Council and other local authorities to collect evidence of the requirement for a byelaw' at a meeting today. A report to the meeting read: ‘Council officers have been working with counterparts from Glasgow Community Safety Services who are working with Glasgow City Council on preparing a case for a street-begging byelaw. ‘Colleagues in Glasgow have expressed a desire to work collaboratively with this council and other Scottish cities with a view to a combined approach to the Scottish Government. ‘Officer advice is that a combined approach supported by evidence from various local authorities may be more persuasive than individual approaches. ‘Glasgow colleagues intend convening a meeting of representatives from other Scottish cities in the near future to progress this approach.'