The housing minister, Mark Prisk, has told Westminster City Council that its ongoing practice of placing homeless families in bed & breakfast accommodation for over six weeks is "unlawful and unacceptable".
In a letter to Westminster North MP, Karen Buck, Mr Prisk wrote: "The detrimental affects (sic) of B&B accommodation on families are well documented and we must avoid a return to the situation where thousands of homeless families were living in poor B&B accommodation long term.
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