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George Bunn & John-Paul Clark

Man who cared for step-dad for 15 years ordered to leave council house after death

A man has been ordered to leave the house where he lived for 36 years after the death of his step-dad who he had been caring for over the past 15-years.

According to Stoke-on-Trent Live, Keith Allen, 58, nursed his step-dad Barrie Hamnett but just days after the death in March he was told he has no right to live at the council property.

Stoke-on-Trent Council told Keith that because it is a two-bedroom house he would have to find somewhere else suitable for a single person.

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