‘We trusted them’: East End fishmongers take on the City to save ancient markets

Waheed Aslam (right) and Aras Swara, owner of the Mediterranean fish shop at Ridley Road market, are contesting the parliamentary bill that aims to close Billingsgate market. Photograph: Joanna Partridge/The Guardian

It is a mismatched contest: a handful of east London fishmongers taking on the phenomenally wealthy City of London Corporation.

But the market traders and a food poverty charity have teamed up to battle City of London Corporation over its plans to close the capital’s ancient fish and meat markets for good.