housing charity @Shelter using their stall at labour conference to show the state of some rented housing in the UK
ruby lott-lavigna
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ruby lott-lavigna
@RubyJLL
investigations @Global_Witness / previously pol cor @openDemocracy @VICEWorldNews @VICEUK
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Joined August 2011
- honestly think we're addicted to suffering in this country. any rhetoric of hope and radical change is always dismissed as naïve, so politicians opt for punitive measures to be taken seriously - even when it's a poor economic choice. i'm so tired of this kind of politics.“We have no other choice, given the situation that we’re in” Keir Starmer says October’s Budget “is going to be painful” and "those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden" bbc.in/4g4n9Nc
00:00 - allegra stratton's husband is the political editor of the spectatorThe phoney war on Allegra Stratton ✍️ Freddy Gray spectator.co.uk/article/the-ph…
- 🚨cutting whatsapp messages from cabinet secretary simon case and former downing street head of comms lee cain "i was always told that dom was the secret PM...the real person in charge is carrie" "we look like a terrible, tragic joke" "i cannot cope with this" 😬
- 🚨NEW: housing minister lee rowley made false claims this morning on the BBC's today programme when he said the gov had built "700,000 new social homes" gov statistics show that between 2010 and 2022, there was a *net loss of 120,382 social homes* 🧵
- NEW: berlin campaigners @dwenteignen set to win a radical housing referendum to take flats off mega landlords who own more than 3000 properties in the city
- very revealing watching kemi badenoch at the covid inquiry say "we can't remove poverty" and "we don't have a cure for poverty" helpful insight into the mindset of the people running this country
- 🚨 NEW: the cabinet office has been withholding key information from the covid-19 inquiry and has removed important details from evidence it has already handed over just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... me for @openDemocracy
- have deleted that video. was sharing with my reporter hat on but had no intention of putting the driver’s job at risk. if you’re a journalist/producer asking to use the video you absolutely do not have permission.
- "the only thing growing under this government are mortgages, rents and bills. is that what she really meant when she declared herself a pro-growth prime minister?" SNP leader ian blackford skewering truss at PMQs
- 🚨i am being made redundant, alongside many of my amazing colleagues at @openDemocracy it is a sad day for radical, not-for-profit media (but also this seems strangely inevitable in this industry) here are some pieces i'm proud of:
- 🚨some personal news: i'm being evicted – again. something a bit closer to home from me. i've written about when the professional becomes personal, and how broken and cruel our rental system is.
- yesterday, as i was moving the final things out of my home following my eviction, a guy turned up who turned out to be the new tenant. turns out the landlord has bumped the rent by *£700*. a 30% increase. the greed and cruelty of landlords in this country is outrageous.
