Families asked to leave hotels due to coronavirus, in apparent defiance of guidance
Hundreds of residents of the budget hotel chain Travelodge, including homeless families housed there by local councils, have been turned out on to the street after it closed its premises.
The chain issued letters to all residents on Tuesday asking them to leave as soon as possible as they were “temporarily closing the hotels until further notice” in the light of the UK government’s extended coronavirus physical distancing guidelines issued on Monday.
@TravelodgeUK. Heathrow #travelodge this morning. Two knocks on the door... two hours to leave... and two more nights left on booking. No explanation and no response to families begging for help with kids in strollers. Evicted onto street in pandemic.. irresponsible and immoral https://t.co/ocq0zooebB
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