Neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in England are subjected to conditions that amount to torture, and the harm it causes them is psychologically excruciating and a form of child cruelty, a report has found.
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is being interviewed on on LBC. The presenter is Nick Ferrari. Streeting said the flu was putting the NHS under the worst pressure since Covid. There is a particularly aggressive strain of flu around, he said. He said he would be extremely worried about this if there were no strikes. But, with the double whammy of flu and strikes, he thinks the situation is dangerous.
Disabled residents living in temporary accommodation have said broken lifts forced them to sleep in the lobby. The Waterloo Hub Hotel (WHH) on Kennington Road, near Lambeth North station, houses dozens of people, some with limited mobility, under the care of Camden and Westminster councils. Wheelchair-user Michael said he was told by the council "to walk up the stairs", but "I am disabled".
