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Homeless people made to leave hotel accommodation for G7 guests

Started by Fambo Number Mive, June 06, 2021, 06:25:06 PM

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Fambo Number Mive

This is fucking disgusting:

QuoteVulnerable homeless people have been moved out of hotels in Cornwall to make way for police and government officials attending this week's G7 summit, a local charity claims.

Disc Newquay has said that many people who have been living in hotel rooms under rolling short-term contracts during the pandemic had been told to leave, before the summit of the world's seven largest advanced economies at a luxury hotel in Carbis Bay.

"Most of the hotel accommodation from Bodmin down has been block-booked for the G7," said Monique Collins, the charity's manager. "We have people in hotels in Camborne, Redruth, Truro, St Austell and Newquay – and they have all been moved out."

...About 130 homeless people had been moved from hotels to make way for paying guests, according to Cornwall council. Seven had to leave Sandy Lodge Hotel, Newquay, on 24 May to accommodate some of the 5,000 police officers who have been drafted in from outside Cornwall. Some were moved into other hotels only to be moved again...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/06/homeless-lose-beds-as-g7-takes-over-cornwall-hotels-says-charity

Why couldn't they have had the summit over Zoom or at a secret location rather than causing this issue?
Also, given the government was able to work with local councils to find accommodation for homeless people at the start of the pandemic why can't it work with Cornwall Council now?