U-turn by Tower Hamlets lauded a victory against social cleansing in the capital

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All power to them, it shows what community activist can achieve, peacefully.

''Londoners win battle with council to save homes from demolition.

A determined coalition of residents in east London, including a 94-year-old woman who is one of the original residents, has won its battle to stop the council demolishing their homes.

Residents of the two blocks in Whitechapel, which stand on prime real estate land, lauded the U-turn by the local mayor, John Biggs, at a meeting on Tuesday night as a victory against social cleansing in the capital''