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Westminster: Lockdown's last homeless hotel guest

Thousands of rough sleepers were taken off the streets and housed by the government when the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced. Three years later, one man has yet to leave his "temporary" accommodation.

Just after the UK was locked down for three months in April 2020, author and filmmaker Paul Atherton found himself living in a central London hotel.

He'd been sleeping rough for 11 years, after losing his rented flat on the South Bank due to an error on his credit file.

大象传媒 Radio London's Anna O'Neill spoke to Paul.

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