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PARLIAMENT LOBBIED in campaign against surcharge

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January 3, 2025

BOATERS worried about a rise in costs have taken their case to Westminster. The National Bargee Travellers’ Association (NBTA), which […]
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‘INHUMANE’ RULES: NBTA want rethink

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August 22, 2024

The National Bargee Travellers’ Association, which represents thousands of itinerant UK boat dwellers, calls for end to the Canal and […]
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Boaters march on CRT office in licence fee protest

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May 15, 2024

HUNDREDS of boaters took to the towpath of Paddington Basin in London to demonstrate against the Canal & River Trust’s […]
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Cost of living petition presented at No 10

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July 26, 2023

Boaters joined a flotilla to take their Energy Bills Support Scheme plight to the capital. Sally Clifford finds out more. […]
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Historical moorings contradict Water Safety Zones – NBTA

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May 27, 2023

THE River Lee in London has long been a multi-use space shared by all kinds of craft, states the National […]
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Mooring rings removed from East London towpath

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March 8, 2023

HISTORIC bollards and mooring rings have suddenly been removed from a strip of towpath at Marshgate Bridge 15, near Homerton, […]
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Energy bills support scheme – off-grid households still out in the cold

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January 26, 2023

After months of broken promises and mounting distress from off-grid households facing the second major cold snap of this winter, […]
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ENERGY BILLS SUPPORT SCHEME: AN UPDATE FOR CONCERNED BOATERS

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December 17, 2022

This in from the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) Over the past few months, there has been a lot of […]
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Planning inquiry ‘misled’ over assessment into boaters’ needs, claims NBTA

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October 6, 2022

ELMBRIDGE Borough Council did not reveal that it had carried out a Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessment almost six weeks […]
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Hundreds sign petition to include off-grid households in government energy bills support

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August 30, 2022

A petition to include off-grid households in the Government’s £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme has so far been signed by […]
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NBTA to hold Protest Picnic in Hackney

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June 21, 2022

THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has organised a Protest Picnic in Hackney, continuing its campaign against what it describes […]
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Lottery boost for pilot mental health support for boaters

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May 31, 2022

A PILOT psychotherapy and mental health skills coaching service for boat dwellers without a permanent mooring was launched during Mental […]
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Boaters to march on Canal & River Trust’s London office to fight for moorings

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March 18, 2022

On Saturday 26 March 2022, boaters from around the country will march on Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) main London […]
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NBTA demands closure of overcrowded towpaths after lockdown easing

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Shannon Butcher

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May 18, 2020

As the Government announced a partial easing of the Coronavirus lockdown, the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has written to […]
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