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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

London woman unhappy over offer of council home in Stoke wins fight with council

A London woman who complained after a local council offered her accommodation more than more than 150 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent has won a legal fight.

Mother-of-three Nadia Zaman argued that it was legally “incumbent” on Waltham Forest Council to “secure accommodation” as “close as possible” to her home.

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