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A HOUSING campaigner was punched in the face yesterday when Newham Council security guards got aggressive with people protesting against the eviction of young mother.
Sam Middleton took the blow from a bouncer as she attempted to accompany homeless mother-of-one Candice to an emergency meeting with the council.
Ms Middleton - one of the famous Focus E15 mums - was also shoved and had her foot stamped on by the four burly security guards.
Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON