Liverpool Council has been criticised and forced to pay compensation to a man after its failures left him homeless on the streets of the city for six months during the Covid pandemic.
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has found that a man who became homeless in June 2020 and was in need of surgery had contacted the city council for help several times.
Despite repeated calls for help and concerns raised by police about the man's mental health, the man remained on the city streets until December 2020 when he was taken by family to another area where he was helped by a different council.
