Vicky Spratt

It is a brilliant series, Ben!

Many thanks to @vickyspratt.bsky.social for this lovely recommendation of my series "The Tax Conundrum" on BBC Sounds...

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Housing Britain - The Housing Ladder - BBC Sounds Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.

Hear my diagnosis of the drivers of the UK housing crisis on this excellent new BBC Radio 4 program led by @vickyspratt.bsky.social
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🏠 How and why has housing become unaffordable for so many?

IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with @vickyspratt.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'Housing Britain' Series, elaborating on the drivers of the UK housing crisis.

🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ECcGroO

BBC Sounds - Housing Britain - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Housing Britain on BBC Sounds.

Excellent series (and reference to the housing theory of everything) @vickyspratt.bsky.social

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Ghost flats are becoming Britain’s new housing crisis Thousands of new flats are sitting empty and losing value – why do more luxury towers keep appearing?

"After watching what unfolded after Grenfell, with young people caught in starter homes they can’t sell while facing huge bills, why would anyone in their right mind want to buy a flat in a block?"

✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social

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How the £22k minimum wage caught up with graduate jobs Young adults encouraged to go to university and get into debt to aid their economic advancement are finding that higher education was not a gilded doorway to a lucrative career - but a financial burde...

My @theipaper.com newsletter has relaunched

It's now called: The State We're In

This week, I look at graduate wages in relation to house prices and ask whether it's still worth going to university?

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The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forwards New government funding will support the development of tens of thousands of socially rented homes a year. Plus, the descent of Assent

There's no-one I trust more on contemporary housing policy than @peteapps.bsky.social. This is an important read: 'The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forward'.
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Should council tax be abolished? A renter, estate agent and politics expert respond The tax is seen as outdated and unfair

Council tax is...failing councils! My analysis @theipaper.com

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Want better public services? It's time to accept taxes may need to rise Rachel Reeves is expected to break Labour's key manifesto promise and increase income tax

My weekly newsletter @theipaper.com is called The State We're In...

In the latest edition, I look at why somebody has to pay more tax and it's probably you (a median earner)...

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We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.