Council tenant wins right not to be sent to Milton Keynes

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Five judges ruled in favour of Titina Nzolameso, a single mother, following a hearing that went against Westminster Council, which sought to move her family from London to accommodation 50 miles away, near Milton Keynes. The Supreme Court this week quashed the local authority’s decision that it had “properly discharged its duty to secure accommodation available for occupation by the appellant”. Daniel Astaire, Westminster City Council’s cabinet member for housing, said it would force local authorities to “disregard the needs of others higher up the waiting lists” or who had a “more pressing need” to stay in the area. The Department for Communities and Local Government said: “While we await the full judgment on this specific case, we have always recognised that some councils may find it necessary to place households in another area.”