The new Green Mayor and Deputy Mayor of a London borough have admitted they don’t have the power to stop the council eviction of a disabled boy and his family – despite an election promise to do so.
Hackney Council’s new Green-led administration has rowed back on the pledge to stop the eviction of a family in a tenancy fraud dispute, which has sparked three separate protests – including one aimed at them on Monday (November 9) in which activists demanded answers from outside the council’s headquarters.
Charity Oppong and her eight-year-old son with severe autism are facing eviction by...
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