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Even though I wasn’t on a slum tour myself, I had been on one in the past. So Raghu’s words were a much-needed reality check ...
‘Tom’ has lived in various squats for ten years. Homeless since he was 17, he hasn’t known a permanent safe place to call home at any point in his adult life. Now 28, Tom’s lost count of ...
Raid on ‘Dickensian’ London slums found 40 migrant workers living in just four houses Matt Payton Published October 20, 2015 5:49pm Updated December 11, 2019 12:28pm ...
This legislation became known as the Cross Act and made way for a vast programme of slum clearance which was ongoing for almost 80 years and, more than anything else, changed the appearance of London ...
Last year, English Partnerships, a national regeneration agency for England, announced it was adopting size standards based on the old Parker Morris standards that applied to council housing until ...
A series of modern day British slums have been described as "sheds with beds". The illegal structures, some dangerous and cramped, are offered by landlords - often to Britain's illegal immigrants ...
As one of west London's most picturesque and desirable streets, Pottery Lane today belies little of the horror and squalor that once infested the area which used to be known as the Piggeries and ...
TAKE a look inside the London slum house where shameless landlords crammed FORTY people – leaving some sleeping in the garden shed next to sacks of rice. Tenants paid property agent Jaydipkum… ...
Photos show the grim conditions inside a London house where up to 40 tenants lived at a time. The landlords exploited migrants and poor Londoners, packing five to a room in bunk beds, SWNS reported.
A Middle Eastern millionaire says he couldn't wait to leave 'miserable' London - branding the capital 'Europe's slum' and saying British steak even in luxury restaurants tasted like cardboard.