On April 23, Eastbourne Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde told the House of Commons: “24-year-old Eastbournian Chanté Lloyd-Buckingham was tragically found dead in her supported accommodation in 2024,” marking the peak of the Lloyd-Buckingham’s campaign to get justice for their daughter.
Emma and Karl Lloyd-Buckingham’s petition for Chanté’s Law, which is now with MPs after being brought to the Commons by Babarinde, demands that all supported accommodation be regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to help avoid preventable deaths like Chanté’s.
It has been a struggle for Chanté’s parents to be heard, and it was a struggle for them to secure a suitable level of care for their daughter at her accommodation. Now, waiting for the inquest that has the power to confirm Emma’s suspicions or commit her to another ten years of obsession, she tells me: “The time it takes is torturous.”
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