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The BBC investigation from within four unnamed asylum hotels also uncovered cramped living conditions, and smoke alarms covered with plastic bags as residents used electric hobs in their showers to cook.

Pans are precariously placed on a hob and she is stirring away.

She said: "She was majorly confused it was like the wires were getting crossed in her brain. She would make cold cups of tea and iron shirts on top of the hob."

Microwaves, air fryers and some hobs and ovens all demand electricity.

On a nearby cooking hob, Brogan is making a chicken curry.