The historic Smithfields and Billingsgate markets expected to close in 2028

The City of London has made the decision to break away from centuries of direct control over several of its food markets.
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The decision taken in a closed meeting of the Court of Common Council yesterday will see the meat market at Smithfields and the Billingsgate fish market at Tower Hamlets close down, and the traders offered support to move out to another site.
The City had planned to move the two markets to a new site in Dagenham Dock, along w