Lets get rid of some more people I have an Indian friend who yesterday referred to this as 'Ethnic Cleansing' on the lead up to the camera fandango shortly due to take place, I corrected him politely and said, it isn't - it's indiscriminate 'Unemployment Cleansing'. Newham, like any LEA is balancing a reduced budget and doesn't want to be sidled with housing homeless. The Kings X gentrification of 10+ years ago moved the homeless, drunks and prostitutes up to Camden. KX is a nicer place to walk through now but is that really the broader point? Who cares for the lost? In my local area I used to notice a homeless beggar for years, who would be present in the street, then disappear and reappear cleaned up - I've not seen him for at least a few years. Is he dead or has he been moved on or moved up? I'll never know but it does make you wonder. Lets get rid of some more people On one hand I understand that it makes total sense to move long term unemployed people out of London. London real estate is far too valuable to use as free housing for the unemployed. I see the logic of "if you want to live in the one of the worlds greatest cities you can get a job here". On the other hand, if you create "poor areas" out of town they become generationally poor. The kids don't grow up with any examples of