London council pays £6,000 to disabled woman left in inadequate home for more than two years

The woman was in inadequate accommodation for more than two years - (PA Archive)

A South London council failed to move a disabled woman from her home for more than two-and-a-half years after deciding her property was unsuitable.

A new Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report found Wandsworth Council at fault for failing to secure alternative accommodation for the woman, referred to only as Miss X, who also experienced a leak in the property.