A Petition will be handed in to Her Majesty The Queen at 14:30

Hundreds of angry Tenants in affordable and key worker housing owned by the Crown Estate across five London boroughs will hold a rally outside Crown Estate headquarters in central London to prevent the sell off of their homes. They will be joined by politicians of all political parties, trade unionists and representatives from the clergy. Confirmed speakers include Labour MP Frank Dobson and Conservative MP Mark Field as well as local councilors and trade unionists representing key workers. They will then march to Buckingham Palace petioning the Queen to intervene and stop the sale.

The rally and march outside Crown Estate head office, New Burlington Place, London, W1S, (Map here) takes place at 12:30pm on Tuesday March 23rd and marks the end of the Crown Estate’s consultation process.

Steve Smith, Chair of the Cumberland Market Residents Committee said:

“March 23rd marks the official ending of the consultation period. We want to send a clear message to the Crown Estate – Our homes are not for sale – We say NO!’’

Brian Munro, train driver and Victoria Park resident said:

“If the Crown Estate really wants to know the views of its tenants then they will find out on Tuesday. Hundreds of us we will let them know what we think.”

Ben Bowling, Chair of the Millbank Residents’ Committee said:

“Nurses, fire-fighters and tube-workers’ from my estate in Pimlico will loudly tell the Crown Estate Commissioners that we are against their proposals to sell off our homes to private speculators.

Bob Crow, RMT General Secretary said:

“Affordable homes for key workers are in serious short supply in central London. The Crown Estate now needs to listen to its tenants and the wider community and stop this sale.”

There is a petition you can sign here and more on this story with further information to download here.