On the Verge - Runnymede Research Report Author:Donald Kenrick, Sian Bakewell This well informed readable account provides an insight into the reality of Gypsy life today. By removing the duty on local authorities to provide caravan sites and introducing new laws on trespass the Criminal Justices Act (1994) could lead to England's 60,000 Gypsies being forced off their sites and having to live "on the verge".