The UK government has promised to “crack down” on care companies restricting families from visiting relatives with learning disabilities, following an ITV News investigation. The Care Minister told me govt is looking at changing the law to strengthen visiting rights www.itv.com/news/2026-03...

My new book Left to Rot is available to pre-order right now at Waterstones with a 25% discount, for a limited time only. Use the code FEB26 between today and this Friday. www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...

🔺Investigation: Families of severely learning disabled people in care have told us they’re being restricted or banned from visiting them after complaining about negligent care. We spoke to 50 families about the increasing use of contact restrictions. A worrying trend. www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

Looking forward to reading this. Daniel is one of the best and most relentless reporters on the UK’s housing crisis.

Missed this at the time but very interesting and revealing bit on Steve Reed's philosophy re council housing in this interview by @danielhewittitv.bsky.social - thinks it isn't aspirational and just for the neediest (with no aim to change that). Opposite of Rayner's "social housing revolution":

Late to this but it's not going away: Errors in NHS/govt recording of cause of death among learning disabled people - avoidable deaths underreported. A review btw launched in a 'world first' blaze of glory many years ago. Important from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social www.itv.com/news/2026-01...

Britain’s housing crisis is getting worse and symptomatic of a deeper problem of how governments have failed to protect public services and people who rely on them. My book Left to Rot is a 4 year investigation into what has gone wrong. Out June 2nd, pre-order now www.amazon.co.uk/Left-Rot-Gov...

"I think if you wanted to create a housing crisis you would have just done to the letter what we've done in Britain for the last 45 years" @danielhewittitv.bsky.social earlier this week at our event on the the UK's growing crisis of child homelessness Full video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...

Three years on this report @danielhewittitv.bsky.social and I made is still a stark reminder of how the cost of living persists to hit hardest amongst our poorest communities youtu.be/czmJvQCEnbE?... 1.2m views and counting

90,000 words later and I have finally handed in my first book. Excited/petrified at the thought of people reading it. It’s out next year and you can pre-order it now at Waterstones, Amazon and all the usual places. More details here: www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...

Rahima deserves to be heard. People with a learning disability are dying 20 years younger than the general population, for those from an ethnic minority group it’s 25 years. Rahima knows why. She has a learning disability & cerebral palsy. She speaks using a computer, but she is so often ignored.

Incredibly powerful piece on News at Ten from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social tonight on preventable deaths of people with learning disability. Made more powerful by his (naturally) barely contained anger and frustration at the blatant injustice and lack of will to change.

There is nothing about having a learning disability that means you are physically more likely to die so young, and yet learning disabled people are dying 20 years younger than the general population It is a scandal that is barely improving. Our latest report. t.co/O8apCmquhE

I understand the annual LeDeR report, which reviews deaths of learning disabled people in England, will be published imminently. Expected to show almost no change in the average age learning disabled people die, which is currently 20 years younger than the general population.

Lindsay contacted me with secret footage of her disabled son being neglected in a care home, eating from a bin. Sylvia saw the report and emailed us with footage of her blind son in a different home. They'd never met, now they're campaigning together for law change. www.itv.com/news/2025-06...

Well done @danielhewittitv.bsky.social on your @basw-uk.bsky.social Social Work Journalism Awards win! Thank you for working with SWU to show how rising poverty & the housing crisis are piling pressure on services trying to protect the vulnerable. Watch the report: swu-union.org.uk/2024/12/soci...

Was a privilege to be a finalist in the Amnesty Media Awards last night for our podcast documentary The Trapped. Humbled to be in the company of the best and bravest journalists imaginable. You can listen here: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5WfY... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Subpostmasters have said the Post Office should pay for therapy and counselling “for life” due to the trauma caused by the Horizon IT Scandal. Victims and families say those who need support should not have to wait for compensation or use their own money to pay for help www.itv.com/news/2025-05...

Our investigation into dangerous, appalling conditions of homes in Croydon led to the council being placed into special measures in 2021. Only now, 4 years on, has the social housing regulator judged the council’s housing to be safe and acceptable. It removed the special notice yesterday.

🔺We‘ve uncovered new allegations of neglect at UK’s largest provider of complex care for disabled adults More than 80 people contacted after our investigation into private care company Lifeways One council has now placed the company in special measures t.co/p5jCN5QmEZ

Delighted our podcast is a finalist in the Amnesty Media Awards, and among such prestigious company. The Trapped is my first documentary podcast series and it was a privilege to make, and bring our investigation to a new audience. Listen here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Honoured to win the Royal Television Society award for News Coverage for a second year in a row, this time for our investigation into the Post Office. It was and is a privilege to cover, and to stand on the shoulders of great reporters who first exposed this scandal.

Health Secretary calls for investigation into care company after ITV News investigation, writes @danielhewittitv.bsky.social www.itv.com/news/2025-03...

NEW: More families speak out about the care their relatives received by Lifeways David, who has autism and is non-verbal, was subject to “neglect and organisational abuse” by the private care company in 2024 Health Secretary Wes Streeting now wants Lifeways investigated www.itv.com/news/2025-03...

@danielhewittitv.bsky.social ‘s reporting whilst a hard watch - is for me the epitome of journalism at its best. He researches and reports on subjects almost too horrific to comprehend but without this nothing would be done. I really hope it brings change - thanks Dan #ITVNews

Disabled people are being neglected in homes run by one of the UK’s largest private care companies, with one vulnerable resident filmed eating out of a bin and another left with an untreated infection causing his foot to rot, as @danielhewittitv.bsky.social reports www.itv.com/news/2025-03...

Lifeways is the UK’s largest provider of supported living for adults with complex needs. Last year it’s revenue rose to £295 million. It’s CEO - who I interview in this film - earns £923,000. Yet we have exposed serious neglect of disabled people across multiple services.

🔺Investigation We have exposed serious neglect of disabled people at multiple homes run by UK’s largest provider of complex care, Lifeways. Footage and evidence we’ve obtained reveal disbursing and dangerous treatment of residents with learning disabilities t.co/N3GWuuTmbD

NEW: Homelessness Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social has suggested the govt is looking at applying Awaab’s Law (which places a strict time limit on landlords doing repairs) to Temporary Accommodation. TA is often among the most poorly regulated and maintained housing. It would be a big change.

NEW: Speaking at the Crisis Homelessness Summit, the Mayor of Greater Manchester @andyburnham.bsky.social says that of the 1.5 million homes the Labour govt has promised to build in this parliament, 500,000 should be social homes. So far the govt has NOT committed to a specific number.

President Trump is holding a press conference in which he appears to be blaming President Zelensky not only for the continuation of the war in Ukraine but also the start of it.

VERY excited to be publishing Dan's book! Watch this space...

Four years ago we began investigating the state of Britain’s housing. Our award-winning documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame - is still available to watch on ITVX👇 www.itv.com/watch/surviv...

Delighted / daunted to announce I’m writing my first book! It will give voice to those left behind and ignored in Britain and how govts have let them down focusing on housing but also health, poverty and more Grateful to @policypress.bsky.social @ginnymills.bsky.social. It’ll be published in 2027🤞

Awaab's Law is finally to come into force in social housing, but it will be phased over 2 years, which charities tell me will "put lives at risk" www.itv.com/news/2025-02...

NEW: Awaab's Law will finally come into force in social housing but phased over 2 years, which charities tell me will "put lives at risk" From October 2025 councils and housing associations will have 24 hours to fix damp and mould hazards that 'present a significant risk of harm to tenants. But...

“I really would recommend The Trapped…” High praise from the best in the business. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Lovely to receive 2 Royal Television Society nominations for our Post Office investigation Scoop of the Year for our Paula Vennells secret tapes exclusives plus Home News coverage for Post Office Tapes & exposes Our post-riots reports in Tamworth also nominated for News coverage t.co/6DU95SBFYd

NEW: Last year we reported 55 homeless children had died while living in temporary accommodation in 4 yrs. We reported that TA deaths were likely much higher because data collection was not routine. Now, new research shows between Oct 23-Sept 24, 80 children died in TA. www.itv.com/news/2024-03...

Delighted to receive such a generous review of our podcast The Trapped in The Sunday Times. “enraged, eye-opening…A necessary, sobering listen.” If you haven’t listened yet, an 8-part documentary series awaits. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5WfY... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I really "enjoyed" this podcast, although it definitely had me raging...

This is the latest report in a 4 year investigation into the UK’s crumbling safety net for low-income and vulnerable families. We have collated it all in an 8-part documentary podcast series called: The Trapped Listen on Spotify, Apple or at thetrapped.co.uk

How to do everything right by three children who are so extremely vulnerable they are in the care system (so the state as their “corporate parent” has parental responsibility) … … and end up homeless, moving over and over from cheap hotel to hostel to sofa-surfing.

“We plan to reflect on the learning from this case to identify potential improvements we can make to our practice.” Bloody hell. 🤬

There are many children in crisis. And to think this family under the care of social services, this is terrible!

As ever, insightful reporting from Daniel Hewitt. You do a great job of bringing the shameful state of the housing sector to people’s attention.

The Grandmother and her 3 grandchildren in your article should be the absolute priority to be housed by Birmingham City Council. Well done for highlighting their plight.

Exclusive: Three children under the care of social services in Birmingham were left homeless for five months, my ITV News investigation has uncovered. A “shocking” and “extreme” case of failure: the care crisis colliding with the housing crisis. www.itv.com/news/2025-01...

Just listened to the first four episodes. It’s a disgraceful failure of all levels of government that allowing this scandal to happen unchallenged. Thanks for shedding light on this & giving them a voice. We have a different housing system in NI but I don’t think the picture will be much better.

If you’ve not heard of this please listen to it.