A group of unemployed people slept on the streets last weekend before being coerced into working for free ā at the queenās jubilee.
It is the latest shocking story of life under the Toriesā Work Programme.
Up to 30 jobless people were bussed into London from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth to work as stewards.
Workers from Bristol say they were dumped in London at 3am on Sunday.
Some said they had originally been told they would be paid for the work. But when they got onto coaches they were told theyād be doing the work for freeāor lose out on a chance of paid work at the Olympics.
One woman said, āWe followed them under London Bridge and thatās where they told us to camp out for the night. It was raining and freezing.ā
They had no toilet access for 24 hours.
Close Protection UK supplied the workers and the placements were arranged by the charity Tomorrowās People.
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