Eric Pickles forced to say sorry over Hackney error
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has apologised after wrongly pinpointing Hackney as the worst planning authority, in a Commons debate.
Dale Farm a year on
Paul Brand returns to Dale Farm a year after the eviction, to talk to travellers, locals, Basildon Council leader and the site's owner.
Protest to mark Dale Farm eviction anniversary
A protest organised to mark the first anniversary of the eviction of the Dale Farm Traveller site in Basildon got heated.
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New measures wouldn't have prevented soldier's death
The Government will examine what powers it requires following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has said.
But Mr Pickles said he didn't believe any measures in a mooted communications data bill, dubbed the 'snooper's charter', would have prevented the incident.
Conservative MP Mr Pickles told BBC Radio 4's Today programme:
"What I am certain about is a free society is vulnerable to an unexplained, heavy violent attack, whether it was as our dear friends in Norway faced a couple of years ago a white supremacist or whether what we faced on the streets of Woolwich, a blasphemy and distortion of Islam.
I know of nothing that would suggest that provisions that were in that bill would have made any difference in this case or would have saved the life of the young member of the armed forces.
I think it's probably too soon to assess the powers we need but, once the investigation is through, both aspects of the security services and aspects of the policing of these two individuals will be thoroughly investigated and no doubt recommendations will come out of that."
Council funding allocation due
London's councils are due to find out today how much funding they'll receive from central government over the next financial year.
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles will make a statement to Parliament later.
The amount that councils are given is likely to have an impact on levels of Council Tax.
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Eric Pickles forced to say sorry over Hackney error
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has apologised after wrongly pinpointing Hackney as the worst planning authority, in a Commons debate.
Read the full storyDale Farm protest gets heated
A protest to mark the first anniversary of the clearance of the Dale Farm travellers' site in Basildon in Essex, got heated.
Report from day Dale Farm travellers were evicted
On October 19th 2011 bailiffs employed by Basildon Council moved in to begin the eviction of travellers from Dale Farm in Essex. Riot officers went in at dawn and were met by a hail of rocks and abuse. Watch Paul Brand's ITV News report from that day.
Dale Farm protesters target Pickles
Protesters tried to storm a Government department to mark the first anniversary of the clearance of Europe's largest traveller site.
About 100 people still angered by the eviction of travellers from Dale Farm in Crays Hill, Essex, a year ago staged a demonstration outside the Department for Communities and Local Government offices in central London.
Some demonstrators attempted to gain entry into the building to "evict" the department's secretary Eric Pickles but were restrained on the ground by police.
Eight demonstrators scaled scaffolding outside the building with a banner reading: "Fight for sites."
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Dale Farm: Traveller and Councillor speak out
Travellers are protesting about plans to make it easier to move them on on the anniversary of their eviction from Dale Farm in Essex.
A year after he reported on the violent scenes as police cleared the site, our reporter Paul Brand has been back to Dale Farm for an exclusive interview with the traveller Patrick Egan who owns a large part of it.
He says far from turning the land into greenbelt, Basildon Council has transformed it into a toxic wasteland. Paul Brand also spoke to Cllr Tony Ball, Leader of Basildon Council, to get his point of view.
Dale Farm a year on
by Paul Brand
Paul Brand returns to Dale Farm a year after the eviction, to talk to travellers, locals, Basildon Council leader and the site's owner.
Read the full storyProtest to mark Dale Farm eviction anniversary
A protest organised to mark the first anniversary of the eviction of the Dale Farm Traveller site in Basildon got heated.
Read the full storyUK Jewish Socialist Group taking part in demo
The UK Jewish Socialist Group has agreed to take part in the demo, organised by the Traveller Solidarity Network, on October 19.
At its conference on Sunday, the Jewish Socialist Group, some of whose members took part in eviction resistance, backed a fresh campaign to find homes for families now living on the roadside next to the legal site in Crays Hill.
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