£10 million in housing benefit payments that were delayed because of the cyber-attack at Kensington and Chelsea Council are now on their way.

The authority says the hack in November affected many of its systems, which the council is still working to restore.

Residents are being told the investigation is ongoing and will take several months, due to the complex nature of the attack.

It’s already been confirmed that the cyber-attack had criminal intent, with data copied and taken away.