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Vicky Spratt

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Farage wants to be Clacton's MP. The area includes Jaywick, where he posed for photos pre-Brexit. Jaywick tops deprivation indexes. When I visited in 2019 once the news cameras had left residents told me the EU was the least of their worries i newspaper inews.co.uk/opinion/commenā€¦

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In 2004, Tony Blairā€™s government commissioned economist Dame Kate Barker to review housing supply in Britain. 20 years later, Barker tells me nobody ever thought things could ever get so bad i newspaper inews.co.uk/news/tony-blaiā€¦

In 2004, Tony Blairā€™s government commissioned economist Dame Kate Barker to review housing supply in Britain. 20 years later, Barker tells me nobody ever thought things could ever get so bad @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/tony-blaiā€¦
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Is building new homes a particularly contentious issues in your local area? Have you been campaigning for or against? Iā€™d love to talk

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In 2004, Tony Blairā€™s government commissioned economist Dame Kate Barker to review housing supply in Britain. 20 years later, Barker tells me nobody ever thought things could ever get so bad i newspaper inews.co.uk/news/tony-blaiā€¦

In 2004, Tony Blairā€™s government commissioned economist Dame Kate Barker to review housing supply in Britain. 20 years later, Barker tells me nobody ever thought things could ever get so bad @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/tony-blaiā€¦
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BofE mortgage approvals data show that the number of people being approved to buy homes is stable - 26 per cent higher than in April last year when rates were more volatile. But the overall number of homes being sold is still low...

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This pledge marks an enormous shift away from where the Tories were in 2019, promising rentersā€™ reform and leasehold reform in their manifesto. Direct appeal to landlords. Problem isā€¦itā€™s already very easy to evict someone for ā€œanti-social behaviourā€ā€¦.

This pledge marks an enormous shift away from where the Tories were in 2019, promising rentersā€™ reform and leasehold reform in their manifesto. Direct appeal to landlords. Problem isā€¦itā€™s already very easy to evict someone for ā€œanti-social behaviourā€ā€¦.
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šŸ’„EXCL: Labour is considering a manifesto pledge to roll out Housing First nationwide in a bid to tackle the UK's growing crisis of homelessness and rough sleeping, PoliticsHome understands. politicshome.com/news/article/lā€¦

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30% of these have been relisted after not selling last year when mortgage rates went up. More homes for sale but how many can people afford to buy?

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Do I have any followers who happen to be forensic accountants who could help me with a story? Pls do get in touch!

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It's a real pity that those living in the private rented sector weren't given any security through the promised Renters Reform Bill though.

Especially when 582,000 pensioners in the UK are private renters, and over a third of them (35%) were in poverty in 2022/23

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Police will take no action against Angela Rayner following claims about the sale of her home in 2015. HMRC have also ruled that she has no tax to pay via Hugo Gye i newspaper inews.co.uk/news/politics/ā€¦

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