Archive for Month: March 2014
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Police activity against EU rough sleepers
20th March 2014I had the opportunity for a quick word yesterday with Superintendent Liam Harrington about the removals of EU aggressive beggars and rough sleepers over the last couple of months. The new regulations allowing removal and a 12 month re-entry ban for EU nationals not exercising their treaty rights to look for work or study are…
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Short lets – get your voice heard
6th March 2014Sometimes the right hand in government doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. That’s what’s happening on short lets. While we in Westminster are tackling a problem that blights our neighbourhood and can drive out long term residents, central government (the Department of Communities and Local Government) is considering scrapping the legislation against short…