Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you’re at Labour Party conference in Liverpool next week, I’ll be signing copies of my new book Left to Rot: How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix It at the Waterstones stand (AC1) on Monday at 4pm. Come and say hi! 023
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026In my book Left to Rot, I wanted to tell the story of the housing crisis through the eyes of those trapped in its grip. There is of course data, context and analysis but I try to capture the urgency for people living it in contrast to the complete lack of urgency of policymakers amzn.eu/d/0iQUzfjZ 121
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A further 2 care homes owned by Blue Ribbon Healthcare Group have had their quality ratings suspended by the CQC. It comes after we uncovered multiple allegations of abuse and neglect at the care company. 4 Blue Ribbon homes are now under investigation. www.itv.com/news/2026-08... 1156
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The enduring political power of Right to Buy. As Britain faces a painful affordability crisis, we still sell off our social housing stock. Will Andy Burnham finally end it? Unlikely. I look at why in my new book Left to Rot: How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix it amzn.eu/d/09XgJs0V 092
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 21/07/2026In my new book Left to Rot, I interview both Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner about the UK housing crisis, what they think should be done and why. They are now in charge. So maybe worth having a read? Find a flavour below, and a link to buy it here: amzn.eu/d/04LNo3xR 2124
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I interviewed Andy Burnham in December about his rough sleeping target. He said he hadn’t been able to end it in GM because the Govt made it impossible. His argument will now be he has the levers to ensure a bed every night across the UK. A big pledge. 86921
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026He’s promised the biggest council house building programme since the post war years, but why? Here’s a run through the reasons how things got so bad, and (some) of the challenges facing Andy Burnham fulfilling his plans. open.substack.com/pub/danhewit... 166
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I interviewed Andy Burnham for my new book - Left to Rot: How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix It. He has said housing is his number one priority, that you can’t fix Britain without fixing housing. Below is a short extract. Buy Left to Rot now: amzn.eu/d/07K46oaB 1105
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Where’s the justice for people with learning disabilitied neglected in care? I’ve spent 18 months investigating. No provider prosecuted, even after a person died I spoke to the CQC, with powers to prosecute but rarely does. 11 since 2016 relating to LD care. www.itv.com/news/2026-06... 082
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 07/06/2026So grateful to everyone who came to the launch of my book Left to Rot. Thank you to Crisis for hosting. The book is the culmination of 5 years of reporting on the corners of Britain that too often go underreported but tell us about the true state of Britain. Please give it a go! You can buy it now 022
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My book is out! The human stories of our housing crisis, as well as social care, crumbling hospitals, schools. ‘You won’t be able to put it down and neither should you. This is exactly what journalism should be.' Isabel Hardman, Why We Get The Wrong Politicans www.waterstones.com/book/left-to... 093
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Very blessed to have some lovely reviews for my new book Left to Rot, which is out on June 2nd and available to pre order now. It will hopefully open your eyes to parts of Britain you didn’t know existed. Pre-order from Waterstones: lnkd.in/eWasfZSx Pre-order from Amazon: amzn.eu/d/0cLLwzFz 0106
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Who will be Prime Minister by June 22nd? Whatever happens, THIS is happening. Discussing Left to Rot at Waterstones in Liverpool. The book includes interviews with Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham, which feels significant? Get your ticket (and buy the book) here waterstones.com/events/daniel-… 092
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 17/02/2026My new book Left to Rot is available to pre-order right now at Waterstones with a 25% discount, for a limited time only. Use the code FEB26 between today and this Friday. www.waterstones.com/book/left-to... 001
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Britain’s housing crisis is getting worse and symptomatic of a deeper problem of how governments have failed to protect public services and people who rely on them. My book Left to Rot is a 4 year investigation into what has gone wrong. Out June 2nd, pre-order now www.amazon.co.uk/Left-Rot-Gov... 0126
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 24/10/202590,000 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... 040
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Rahima 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. 1163
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Delighted 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... 080
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Honoured 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. 4281
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NEW: 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. 254
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 06/02/2025“I really would recommend The Trapped…” High praise from the best in the business. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 021
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Delighted to receive such a generous review of our podcast The Trapped in The Sunday Times. “enraged, eye-opening…A necessary, sobering listen.” If you haven’t listened yet, an 8-part documentary series awaits. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5WfY... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 072
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Some recent reviews for The Trapped, our documentary podcast series based on our 4 year, award winning investigation exposing the true state of Britain’s housing crisis and more. Listen, rate and review. Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/show/7vwTNdv... 1162
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This was fun. Episode of The Rest is Money with @peston.bsky.social and @stephmcgovern.bsky.social out soon 050
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 18/12/2024“We’re still waiting for anybody, ANYBODY, to be accountable. Not one person has lost their liberty, not one person has lost their job.” - Lee Castleton “She was the CEO…just sitting back and believing everything she was told. I don’t believe her for one minute.” Janet Skinner 55019
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 17/12/2024A pleasure to speak again this morning with these two heroes: Lee Castleton and Janet Skinner. Two former postmasters, put through hell by the Post Office - imprisoned, bankrupted - but not defeated. 0223
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Final day of Post Office public inquiry. Sub-postmasters have been here every day for almost 3yrs, listening to how and why their lives were destroyed. Today: final statement from Paula Vennells’ lawyers, who‘ll say she “wanted to do right” by them and deny covering up a scandal 22712
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The Sunday Times joins The Guardian, New Statesman, i paper, and Great British Podcasts to recommend you listen to our new podcast THE TRAPPED. The story of what’s really happening in Britain, behind close doors. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5WfY... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 2177
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 02/12/2024“Incredibly important” A review of our podcast The Trapped in the i paper. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and for those who have listened and sent lovely messages, please do rate it 5 stars on Apple or Spotify and help us keep it high in the charts! 0184
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Some reviews for our new podcast The Trapped, with more to come. It’s a 5* podcast that tells you what is really happening in Britain, behind close doors, and goes after the people in charge for answers. Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. 0114
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Our podcast The Trapped is in The Guardian’s ‘Picks of the Week’. All 8 episodes are out now. Listen to the podcast that is getting people angry for change. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... 090
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 28/11/2024It’s been an honour to make this programme. Thanks for everyone who spoke to us. 24517
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 26/11/2024My podcast The Trapped is number 2 in the UK charts for Documentary Podcasts behind the wonderful Strangers on a Bench by @tomrosenthal.bsky.social, which I adore. I’m so pleased we’ve been able to give this platform to the people stuck in Britain’s broken housing system, ignored for so long. 3359
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Putting the final touches to our programme on the funding crisis in end of life care, which airs Thursday on ITV1. I am so grateful to those who opened up to us about their experiences and the hospices who let us in. Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? 8:30pm Thursday, ITV1 14614
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Great news! The Trapped is now Apple’s top pick for New and Newsworthy podcasts in the UK. We’ve been blown away by the response. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and learn more about our award-winning four year investigation at thetrapped.co.uk 281
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 25/11/2024“Illuminating, necessary and hard-hitting”. Great that The Trapped has been recommended as a top pick by Great British Podcasts and @scottygb.bsky.social this week. You can listen to The Trapped on Apple, Spotify or at thetrapped.co.uk 073
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 22/11/2024If you’re looking for some weekend listening, download The Trapped. A shocking expose of the country you really live in. A 4 year investigation in 1 podcast. You won’t regret it. thetrapped.co.uk Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7vwTNdv... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 1158
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 19/11/2024On Times Radio now talking about The Trapped podcast thetrapped.co.uk 1101
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 18/11/2024A four year investigation in one podcast. It is about power, wealth, politics, race, class. The Trapped tells the story of Britain's housing crisis as you've never heard it before. If you want to know what's really happening in Britain, download and take a listen. thetrapped.co.uk 25021
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Four years ago I stumbled upon a scandal. This is the story of what happened next, and how people without a voice are treated in Britain. Our new documentary podcast series - The Trapped - is out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at thetrapped.co.uk 56234
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 15/11/2024On the sidelines before tonight’s live on ITV 161
Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Monday 18th November we release our 8-part investigative podcast series about the country you really live in. The Trapped is the story of the scandal that is Britain’s housing crisis. Told by the people trapped in unsafe, unsuitable housing it is the culmination of 4 years of eye-witness reporting 34724