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UK: Eric Pickles illegally discriminating against Gypsies and Travellers, the High Court rules

23 January 2015

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"Eric Pickles has been illegally discriminating against Gypsies and Travellers by using his ministerial powers to personally decide whether they should be allowed to settle on green belt land, the High Court has ruled."

See the article: Eric Pickles illegally discriminating against Gypsies and Travellers, the High Court rules (The Independent, link)

And see: Judgment (British and Irish Legal Information Institute, link)

See also, from November 2014: Abandoning Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities … the UK way (Institute of Race Relations, link)

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