TORY Westminster council and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) “totally ignored” warnings of workers illegally living on a construction site, Unite said today.

The union raised concerns after a group of migrant workers involved in renovating several apartment blocks at Abercorn Place Estate in St Johns Wood, north London, were found to be living on the site.

Unite regional officer Paul Lomax wrote to the Westminster City Council (WCC) chief executive, the council’s building control department and the HSE with his concerns, urging them to take swift action as the workers were potentially in serious physical danger.