London Assembly activity report 22/23

May 4, 2023

In the last year, LGT has continued to engage with London Assembly Members through the London Gypsy and Traveller Forum, seeking to build positive working relationships and increase representation for the communities within City Hall.

Read the London Assembly Activity Report below to find out more about how London Assembly Members have engaged with issues affecting Gypsy and Traveller Londoners since May 2022.

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New planning rules bring summer of attacks

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Gypsies and Travellers are setting the record straight after a summer of politically-motivated attacks in the media and social media, centring on the introduction of new planning regulations. The attacks started with Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch complaining about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities “breaking laws that no one else would get away with”. They …

Children playing at a Council-run Gypsy and Traveller site in East London

Signs of improvement in the Draft London Plan?

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The Draft London Plan published yesterday by the GLA has been cautiously welcomed by London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT). Yet for families who have been waiting for years in overcrowded, insecure or temporary accommodation, the real test will be whether this will be the time when plans translate into action and targets into homes. “We …

At last, a new London site

June 30, 2026

The first new Gypsy or Traveller site will be built in London in more than 30 years.  The site in Catford, Lewisham, will provide seven pitches and is planned to open for Gypsy or Traveller council tenants in the summer of 2027. “This is all thanks to the hard work of community members who attended …