Safe as houses?

An Online Petition to make the government live up to its promise to guarantee security of tenure to Gypsies and Travellers living on council run sites has reached parliament and number 10 Downing Street.

Last week, Travellers Times Online backed an online petition started by Somerset woman Cathay Birch to to get the government to change it’s mind about not fulfilling its promise to extend security of tenure to those living on council sites.

See: http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/list.aspx?c=00619ef1-21e2-40aa-8d5e-f7c38586d32f&n=97979f00-a451-4965-828f-dd66c4354957

Yesterday, members of the London Gypsy and Traveller Unit delivered the petition to Number 10 on behalf of Cathay Birch who was unable to travel from  Somerset. On the same day, Welsh Gypsy and Traveller champion Julie Morgan MP presented it to the house of commons.

You can still sign the petition here:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Travellerrights/