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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steffie Banatvala

Council pays domestic abuse victim £1,600 after leaving him homeless for weeks

Waltham Forest Council agreed to apologise and pay the £1,600 to the man. Stock image - (Getty Images)

Waltham Forest Council has agreed to pay £1,600 to a domestic abuse victim after a watchdog found he had been left homeless for five weeks.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said the man first asked the council for help in January, saying he could no longer live with relatives who were abusing him, and for a second time in February.

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