A dad has been denied permission to move his family into his late mum's council house where he grew up.

Scott Alexander, 53, wants to swap his three-bedroom home in Erdington for the address with the same number of bedrooms in Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield .

But Birmingham City Council has refused the request, which came after his mum Mary Alexander died in May after 55 years at the property.

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It said the family, including five kids and wife Katie, had "no overriding priority given the very limited stock" of city housing. Scott is appealing the decision with a nine-point plea, adding: "We are desperate for help to get out."

He said it would be a "straight swap" of two propert

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