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Housing campaigners brought London traffic to a standstill yesterday as they emblazoned Tower Bridge with the words: “Social housing, not social cleansing.”
The banner-hanging stunt came 24 hours before today’s March for Homes, which is expected to see thousands swarm the streets of the capital.
“There is now no doubt at the depth of public concern about the capital’s housing crisis,” said Labour’s London Assembly housing spokesman Tom Copley.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises