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A decision on where authorised traveller camps will be built in Leicester is to be made early in the new year.

Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said he intended to select sites to be developed on January 4.

Nearly £1.6 million has been secured from the Homes and Community Agency to provide sites in the city, with the city council paying nearly £500,000.

Oh look, after months of pretending to listen to people, Pete's gone and done what he said he was going to in the first place.

Great to see another politician pursuing their personal agenda and ignoring the clearly expressed wishes of people they otherwise claim to represent (especially around election times).

He commissions a consultation and then cherry picks the answers to justify what he wants – happily ignoring two public meetings rammed full of angry local people, petitions, an action group, and overwhelming negative comments on this site.

And politicians loudly and piously wonder why normal people are "disengaged" with politics.

It's because we can see we have no influence.

Funny how that suitability review was publicised around the time of the PCC election, wasn't it?

He knew these sites endangered the Labour candidate's chances.

Why exactly was there a city council embargo on this story? I can't think of any good reason.

Well, at least building these sites might keep those 'travelling types' away from Aylestone Meadows, eh, Pete?

Dazbot

Sir Peter said travellers had said they would use the new sites.

That's not what he said earlier in the year, when he called a halt so a review could be undertaken.

In fact, he acknowledged at the time the travellers did not like the plans as the proposed sites were too big and they wanted small family sites.

Or does the £1.6 million override every one's preferences?

jonger


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