ACTIVISTS will gather in West Lothian tomorrow to oppose the eviction of a local family, despite government advice that tenants should not be removed from their homes.

Tenants union Living Rent will join its members, MSPs and members of the local clergy to resist the removal of a mother and her disabled son, currently living under Scotland’s highest level of coronavirus restrictions. 

The tenant, Lorraine Robinson-Moseley, has been waiting for a suitable home for her son for months since their landlord decided to sell their current home. 

The local council could provide a home but it will not be ready until January, while an eviction order was granted for the property earlier this year, meaning Lorraine and her son will be forced to leave this month. 

Campaigners are now calling for a ban on evictions in areas under Tier 3 and 4 restrictions, bringing the law in line with the rest of Britain.

The demonstration comes after a call for political parties to get behind a 10-year plan to end homelessness ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections.

A manifesto by the Everyone Home Collective hopes that all parties will support five key actions over two parliamentary terms: prioritising prevention, providing more homes, ending rough sleeping, no evictions into homelessness and a systems change.

Shelter Scotland director Alison Watson said: “Delivering the social and affordable homes we need is the only way to tackle the root causes of rising homelessness and help Scotland reduce poverty and inequality.

“Our next intake of MSPs have the power to achieve this, and it’s the single most important step they can take towards a safer, healthier, fairer future.”