Lend Lease, Elephant Park And Southwark Council

http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/16/every-flat-in-new-london-estate-has-been-sold-to-foreign-investors-6577715/

It seems that, once again, local people never stood a chance, despite all the promises.

Terribly written and misleading article, as is the subsequently linked article on vice.com, but the Vice article does reference what looks to be a thoroughly researched and well thought out paper from Transparency.org.uk that sets out some troubling conclusions on the impact of overseas corruption on the London property market. Worth a read if you've got a few minutes!

The government (under Cameron) had launched some initial measures to attempt to deal with a few of the issues mentioned, but wonder if they'll get lost with the focus on Brexit. I really hope not - these are exactly the kind of things that we need our country to take the lead on.

Just spotted this article by Giles Fraser.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2017/apr/27/community-is-an-empty-word-if-my-parishioners-live-in-the-far-east

Good article. Says it all.