The comments made by James Cleverly, the Conservative MP for Braintree, on 3 May 2026.
This weekend, construction began on an unauthorised traveller site in Willows Green in my constituency, timed to exploit the gap in enforcement over the bank holiday.
There is already fencing and groundworks and work has gone on until late into the night.
This is a deliberate tactic and it is happening across the country. The current system is not working.
I have written to the Housing Secretary, demanding answers and calling on the Government to adopt the Conservative Party’s five-point plan to fix the enforcement framework once and for all.
This has to stop.
I have also written to Uttlesford District Council and Essex Police about this.