PROTESTERS gathered outside Hackney Council today to demand urgent action after a family under the London authority’s care were “subjected to appalling conditions” in their temporary accommodation.

Eden, who is pregnant and only shared her first name, lives with her young daughter in a single room on the Woodberry Down estate. 

The flat is plagued by floor-to-ceiling black mould, repeated sewage flooding, and broken plumbing, forcing the family to use a bucket instead of a toilet.