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Jasmine Norden

Mum squashed in one-bed council flat with autistic son and two siblings begs for move

A mum-of-three claims her autistic son is "really suffering" living in their one bedroom flat as they wait for somewhere where he can have his own space.

Sophie Light, 29, is living in the tiny council flat in Swinnow, Leeds, with three-year-old Tommy, two-year-old Vinnie and two-week-old Teddy.

She has been on the waiting list for somewhere bigger for years and has been offered several two bedroom properties - but when Sophie was heavily pregnant with Teddy she realised two bedrooms wouldn't be enough.

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