Tony Benn MP has put his weight behind a campaign to stop Kensington & Chelsea council selling off Holland Park School's playing fields to developers (who plan, apparently, to knock up a bit of luxury housing). The school's being rebuilt, and the council's looking to raise cash. Benn - who sent his own children to the school, and whose wife was chair of the governors - clearly has an emotional attachment to the institution.... the first purpose-built comprehensive in London. More here.

Technorati Tags: London, property, real estate