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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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Jo PRComms @joprcomms.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-02/he-was-neglected-adults-with-learning-disabilities-dying-20-years-early

t.co

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Jun 24

Lib Dem leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk met with them and fully supports their call for cameras to be mandatory in all call settings.

His son is disabled and is cared for at home. He told Lindsay and Sylvia: “One day I won’t be here, my wife won’t be here and he may well be in a care home."

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Jun 24

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...

www.itv.com

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Social Workers Union @swu-uk.bsky.social · Jun 13

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Jun 5

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · May 12

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...

www.itv.com

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · May 1

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.

Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · Apr 24

After 4 years, Croydon's housing taken out of special measures insidecroydon.com/2025/04/24/a... #Croydon #Housing @danielhewittitv.bsky.social

After 4 years, Croydon’s housing taken out of special measures

The ‘slum-like’ conditions of ‘dangerous squalor’ in council flats on Regina Road caused a national scandal in 2021. Only now, and £30m of spending later, is the housing reg…

insidecroydon.com

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Apr 9

🔺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

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-04-08/its-a-life-or-death-situation-new-allegations-of-neglect-at-care-company

t.co

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Apr 2

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Mar 6

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.

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ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social · Mar 5

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

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Mar 5

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...

www.itv.com

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Mrs Nash @mrsnash.bsky.social · Mar 4

@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

ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social · Mar 4

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you so much

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ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social · Mar 4

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Mar 4

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.

ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social · Mar 4

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...

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Mar 4

🔺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

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-03/disabled-man-left-to-eat-from-bin-itv-news-exposes-appalling-neglect

t.co

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Feb 25

The minister made the announcement during a speech to the Crisis Homelessness Summit on Tuesday morning.

Labour MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social, who says she has previously pushed for the extension of Awaab’s Law to temporary accommodation, welcomed the news.

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Feb 25

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.

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Feb 25

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.

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Feb 18

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.

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Ginny Mills @ginnymills.bsky.social · Feb 11

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

Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · Feb 7

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🤞

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