Since when was a kitchen floor officially classed as a bed?

Overcrowded Sunderland family “stunned”

I was quite stunned too to learn that a Sunderland family are living in virtually 1930s conditions under 1930s laws.

You don’t need a bigger house when your family grows – your children can sleep on the kitchen floor or the settee – and it’s all legal.

One of our Corner Shop customers has written to Yvette Cooper, the housing minister, in an effort to get this archaic statute “reviewed”, I’m sure he’ll be in touch when Mrs. Balls replies.