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Fury as terrorist Abu Hamza's £1.7m family home in west London gets £70k facelift paid for by taxpayers

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Place, T. (2026, September 25). Fury as terrorist Abu Hamza's £1.7m family home in west London gets £70k facelift paid for by taxpayers. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/terrorist-abu-hamza-home-west-london-facelift-taxpayers-shepherds-bush-b1298332.html

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Hammersmith and Fulham Council is planning a £70,000 renovation of an Edwardian home in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, which belongs to Abu Hamza’s wife Najat Chaffe. The upgrades include new windows, doors, solar panels, and loft insulation for the £1.7 million property where Hamza’s eight children were raised; three of his sons have criminal records. Council leader Jose Afonso criticizes the renovation as a "disgusting waste of public money," while the council defends the work as legally mandated improvements to around 1,000 properties.

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Abu Hamza's £1.7 million Edwardian family home in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, is receiving a £70,000 taxpayer-funded renovation despite him being imprisoned in the U.S. The five-bedroom property, occupied by his wife Najat Chaffe, will get new windows and doors, solar panels, and loft insulation as part of an effort to improve around 1,000 homes under Hammersmith and Fulham Council's legal obligations. The council claims it has no choice but to carry out the works due to regulations in conservation areas where the home is situated. However, Jose Afonso, a Conservative opposition leader, criticized the upgrade as a "disgusting waste of public money."

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The £1.7 million Edwardian home, based in a conservation area of Shepherd’s Bush, will see new windows and doors installed, as well as solar panels and loft insulation. asserted

windows → base → Bush

Hamza’s wife, Najat Chaffe, is the only person registered at the five-bedroom council house - with the hate cleric serving a life sentence in a US jail. asserted

cleric → register → jail

Read More She moved into the house in 1995, claiming they had separated, and Hamza’s eight children were raised in the property. asserted

children → read → property

Three of his sons have since served jail sentences for offences related to drugs, money laundering and fraud. asserted

Three → serve → drugs

Hamza, 68, was jailed in the UK in 2006 for inciting racial hatred and soliciting murder. asserted

Hamza → jail → murder

Hammersmith and Fulham council’s Conservative opposition leader Jose Afonso said: “This is a disgusting waste of public money. “Residents will be appalled to know that not only are we housing the families of terrorists, we are doing so in five-bedroom houses and paying for extensive upgrades.” The council said it was bound by law to upgrade around 1,000 properties. asserted

it → say → properties

Planning permission has been submitted, but not yet approved, for works due for completion before the end of the decade. asserted

permission → submit → decade

Fury as terrorist Abu Hamza's £1.7m family home in west London gets £70k facelift paid for by taxpayers

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