London, UK. 3rd July 2018. More police surround the student who is holding the door of Southwark Council Offices open. The protesters were calling on the Council Planning Committee to reject the plans by tax avoiding property giant Delancey and University of the Arts London to demolish the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and replace it with luxury housing and a new building for the London College of Communication. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 3rd July 2018. More police surround the student who is holding the door of Southwark Council Offices open in a symbolic attempt to protest inside against the plans to demolish the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, and they finally begin to pull her away. The protesters were calling on the Council Planning Committee to reject the plans by tax avoiding property giant Delancey and University of the Arts London to demolish the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and replace it with luxury housing and a new building for the London College of Communication. Previous protests by local residents had forced the council to defer approval and the developers responded with minor changes to the plans but they still involve removing the working class and largely Latin traders and wider local community from the Elephant, in what is clearly social cleansing and further gentrification of Southwark. The revised plans include only a low percentage of social housing and fail to meet local demands for affordable retail units, compensation for all traders and meaningful involvement and accountability for the people who live, work and study in the Elephant. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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