No sofa, bed, table – people who have to live without furniture

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Behind front doors across the UK more than two million people are living without at least one essential piece of furniture or major household appliance. That’s according to the End Furniture Poverty campaign. Some live with nothing at all, yet the issue is rarely talked about.

The BBC speaks to those affected and visits a furniture reuse organisation trying to tackle the problem.

Produced and edited by: Jo Adnitt

Filmed by: Ben Bryant

News Editor: Kimberley Rowell

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