Today, the House of Lords Public Services Committee released its first report, ‘A critical juncture for public services: lessons from COVID-19’. The report follows an inquiry into the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the future […]
Today, Friends Families and Travellers released the findings of research on the Government’s failure to address suicide inequalities within Gypsy and Traveller communities. Researchers found that only 5 out of 79 local suicide prevention plans in
Today, the UN Committee for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights published their ‘List of Issues’, to which Friends, Families and Travellers and organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities had previously submitted
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Today, Friends Families and Travellers and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma released an event report written by Jo Richardson of De Montfort University. The report details conversations from a 17
Today, Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) have released the findings of a research report which uncovered that only 8 out of 68 local authorities in the South East of England have identified the land needed for
A coalition of organisations working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have submitted a report to the United Nations (UN) to highlight the Government’s failure to uphold the rights of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in
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Today, Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) have released a damning report which found that the overwhelming majority of police responses to the Government’s 2018 consultation on unauthorised encampments do not want more eviction powers. Despite this,
A report released today, Friday 5th April 2019, by the Women and Equalities Committee outlines the ‘stark’ inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people in the UK and calls on the government to address these.
A new report released today by Friends Families and Travellers has uncovered high levels of digital exclusion in Gypsy and Traveller communities in the UK. The report authors interviewed 50 people from across Gypsy and Traveller
