Last Wednesday saw the return of travellers to Mill Hill Park without warning. Fortunately the council and the police were able to use the existing eviction order to remove illegal squatters by Thursday afternoon. As before, in countless occasions across the borough, this eviction utilized thousands of pounds of man hours, machinery and clean up operations.

I am sure that, like myself, many people throughout the borough will have ideas about just what to do with the recurring problem but, if you are sympathetic to this sort of anti-social behaviour then please find a suitable solution to these travellers and remember to smile sweetly when paying your inflated Council Tax bill.

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