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Social workers warn children are living with excessive levels of mould
[Sandy Millar / Creative Commons]

TWO-THIRDS of children’s social workers have come across young people living in homes with unhealthy levels of mould, researchers revealed today.

According to a study by the Social Workers Union, 71 per cent of adult, child and mental health social workers found that people had stopped turning on their heating to save money over the winter.

As a result, more than half said that the people they supported were living in cold, damp homes.

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