Daniel Hewitt
@danielhewittitv.bsky.social
Investigations Editor ITV News. Presenter of The Trapped (podcast). Make documentaries, including Surviving Squalor (ITV). Writing first book (Policy Press) out in 2026. West Brom fan.
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
Three years on this report @danielhewittitv.bsky.social and I made is still a stark reminder of how the cost of living persists to hit hardest amongst our poorest communities youtu.be/czmJvQCEnbE?... 1.2m views and counting
'Problems created now will last generations': Cost of living crisis affects whole communities
YouTube video by ITV News
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Three years on this report @danielhewittitv.bsky.social and I made is still a stark reminder of how the cost of living persists to hit hardest amongst our poorest communities youtu.be/czmJvQCEnbE?... 1.2m views and counting
90,000 words later and I have finally handed in my first book. Excited/petrified at the thought of people reading it.
It’s out next year and you can pre-order it now at Waterstones, Amazon and all the usual places.
More details here: www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...
It’s out next year and you can pre-order it now at Waterstones, Amazon and all the usual places.
More details here: www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
90,000 words later and I have finally handed in my first book. Excited/petrified at the thought of people reading it.
It’s out next year and you can pre-order it now at Waterstones, Amazon and all the usual places.
More details here: www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...
It’s out next year and you can pre-order it now at Waterstones, Amazon and all the usual places.
More details here: www.waterstones.com/book/left-to...
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.
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.
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
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.
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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.
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
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
September 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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
It is a scandal that is barely improving. Our latest report. t.co/O8apCmquhE
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.
Expected to show almost no change in the average age learning disabled people die, which is currently 20 years younger than the general population.
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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.
Expected to show almost no change in the average age learning disabled people die, which is currently 20 years younger than the general population.
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...
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
June 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
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...
Watch the report: swu-union.org.uk/2024/12/soci...
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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...
Watch the report: swu-union.org.uk/2024/12/soci...
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...
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...
June 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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...
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...
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...
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
May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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...
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...
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.
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.
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
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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.
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.
🔺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
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
April 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🔺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
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
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...
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...
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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...
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...
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.
It was and is a privilege to cover, and to stand on the shoulders of great reporters who first exposed this scandal.
March 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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.
It was and is a privilege to cover, and to stand on the shoulders of great reporters who first exposed this scandal.
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
Health Secretary calls for investigation into care company after ITV News investigation, writes @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Health Secretary calls for investigation into care company after ITV News investigation, writes @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
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...
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
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
@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
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...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
March 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
@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
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
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...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
March 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
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.
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.
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...
www.itv.com/news/2025-03...
March 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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.
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.
🔺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
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
March 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🔺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
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
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.
TA is often among the most poorly regulated and maintained housing. It would be a big change.
February 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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.
TA is often among the most poorly regulated and maintained housing. It would be a big change.
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.
So far the govt has NOT committed to a specific number.
February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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.
So far the govt has NOT committed to a specific number.
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.
February 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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.
Reposted by Daniel Hewitt
VERY excited to be publishing Dan's book! Watch this space...
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🤞
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🤞
February 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
VERY excited to be publishing Dan's book! Watch this space...
Four years ago we began investigating the state of Britain’s housing.
Our award-winning documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame - is still available to watch on ITVX👇
www.itv.com/watch/surviv...
Our award-winning documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame - is still available to watch on ITVX👇
www.itv.com/watch/surviv...
www.itv.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Four years ago we began investigating the state of Britain’s housing.
Our award-winning documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame - is still available to watch on ITVX👇
www.itv.com/watch/surviv...
Our award-winning documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame - is still available to watch on ITVX👇
www.itv.com/watch/surviv...