Eric Pickles has been slammed for his "inhumane
treatment" of Gypsies & Travellers. Labour representatives Lucy
Anderson MEP and Tom Copley of the London Assembly have claimed that new
legislative proposals from Pickles' will take away fundamental human rights
from Gypsies & Travellers by insisting that those who live in a fixed residence
- whether out of choice or because of reasons of health, education or old age -
will permanently lose their Gypsy or Traveller status. According to Anderson
and Copley, the legislation will have knock on effects on the number of people
who are officially recognised as members of the Gypsy and Traveller community
and as such will impact on the provisions made by local authorities for these
communities. Read more on 24dash.
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