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Shelter is the housing and homelessness charity.
Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help people find and keep a home. We campaign for decent housing for all. If you are having problems with your home, Shelter can help.....
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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Pavee Point is a partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working together to improve the lives of Irish Travellers through working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights...
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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By: Marc Francis - February 2005
The Act introduces new rights for park home-owners, as well as for Gypsies and travellers. The changes will guarantee safety from unfair eviction and harassment for park home-owners, and will require local authorities to take the housing needs of Gypsies and travellers into account in their planning...
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (an influential and government favoured think-tank) has released a report on Gypsies and Travellers’ accommodation entitled Moving Forward. The report states that there is an urgent need for the government to address the shortage of authorised sites and to shift the issue away from criminalisation of Gypsies and Travellers...
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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The Broadcasting Standards Commission ceased to exist on 29 December 2003 and its duties were assumed by Ofcom, the Office of Communications. Ofcom is the new communications sector regulator and will have wide-ranging responsibilities...
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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Making a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about a newspaper or magazine could not be easier.
It is free, quick and effective.
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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The CAB service is the largest independent advice agency network in England and Wales. Citizens Advice is the national body for the 450 Citizens Advice Bureaux in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Citizens Advice Bureaux give free, impartial, confidential advice from over 3,200 outlets including prisons, GPs’ surgeries, county courts, community centres and hospitals. During 2004/5, the CAB service dealt with over 5.2 million problems, including 1.5 million about welfare benefits and 1.2 million about debt....
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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If you live in a trailer, van, bus, bender, tepee, tent or any other alternative accommodation, the following contacts may be of use to you. You may not have the usual hassles associated with more traditional accommodation or life styles but you could experience other difficulties like prejudice, harassment or problems accessing services like education or benefits etc. The following services can offer specialist advice....
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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We invited council officers, police officers, education and health providers, Gypsies and Irish Travellers and local support bodies to tell us about with their experiences of local authority race equality practices in relation to Gypsies and Irish Travellers....
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| published Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
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Local authority powers and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Local authorities have powers under sections 77-79 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to move travelling people from land - including the highway. These powers are constrained by guidance and case law - for example, R v. Lincolnshire County Council ex parte Atkinson (1995) which states that they must take into account considerations of common humanity as well as their statutory obligations to travelling people under such legislation as the Children Act, Housing Acts, Education Acts and so on...
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