Sajid Javid has announced plans to give police new powers
to crackdown on illegal traveller sites. The Home Secretary will also consider making it a
criminal offence to set up such camps, currently defined in law as trespassing,
a civil matter. In addition, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local
Government (MHCLG) announced it will provide local authorities with practical
and financial support to handle unauthorised encampments. The plans follow an
initial consultation by the government to look at how to strengthen the
response from police and local authorities, following calls for robust measures
to protect landowners and those living close by. Read more on 24housing.
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