The Conservative rent cap is being blamed for forcing people out of Newham, but is is all just part of our great Olympic legacy

The shameful news that Newham Council in London are attempting to push 500 families out of the borough into homes 150 miles away in Stoke should come as no surprise.

The Labour controlled Council is one of the poorest areas in London, and is also the home to the 500 acre Olympic Park.

The governments benefit cap is being blamed for the move, but the origins of the story can be traced back years before the Conservatives came into power.

It is all part of the great Olympic legacy that was supposed to benefit the area, but was never actually going to. The following is an extract from an article on the BBC news website from over 5 years ago: