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Street kitchen ‘must make way’ for new year festivities

Homeless campaigners pleaded with authorities for a new site yesterday after Metropolitan Police forced them to shut street kitchens due to new year festivities.

The Love Activists camp in central London was told to leave or face being forcefully removed on Tuesday morning.

Campaigners had taken over the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) offices on Charing Cross Road earlier this month, but were brutally evicted on Christmas Eve.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
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