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Families rally against ‘social cleansing plans’
Parents and children take to streets to save their homes
CAMPAIGNING was all child’s play at the weekend as families from across London demonstrated against Tory plans to end social housing.
Children as young as three, one holding a placard reading: “Stop making my mum cry,” joined a Mother’s Day protest against the Tory Housing Bill.
Lambeth Housing Activists spokesman Bill Perry said: “When people want more security and controlled rents what this government tries to do is force millions into the private renting sector.
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