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‘Save our homes,’ tenants demand

SOCIAL housing tenants from across north London came together last night to hand Barnet a set of petitions signed by over 200,000 people demanding the council save their homes.

Sweets Way and West Hendon estate residents marched to Barnet Council’s annual general meeting to protest at the Conservative borough’s decision to sell their homes off to private developers.

Residents of all ages spoke out against what they called “ultra-Tory” housing policies pushed through by council leader Richard Cornelius.

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