Month: November 2011
Forty three years after the groundbreaking 1968 Caravan Sites Bill Lord Avebury is to introduce a new Caravan Sites Bill to Parliament. The Bill, drafted with the assistance…
Plans for two Gypsy sites in Exeter have been abandoned by the city council. The proposed sites, at Monkerton and New Court, will be “released for other uses”…
The July ‘caravan count’ statistics have just been published by the government. The twice is yearly count is unreliable, with inconsistent approaches from different Local Authorities, Gypsies and…
Gary Emmins has applied to Cornwall Council for permission to site a log cabin as a permanent base and a touring caravan. His agent Maggie Smith-Bendall points out…
Alongside this blog we have one focusing on Gypsy and Traveller news from across the UK. We update it most days, mostly with news from local media and…
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, yesterday introduced a Bill to Parliament yesterday which would give greater powers to police forces and councils to move on…
The Government have announced that their amendments to the Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill will include a clause to make squatting in residential buildings a criminal offence, with…