Richard Blakeway: “Landlords are too dismissive about damp and mould”
It’s time to stop blaming tenants for sub-standard living conditions, says England’s housing ombudsman.
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The UK is facing a living standards catastrophe
It is hard to think of a worse economic backdrop for a party planning a general election in 2024.
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The Tories are trapped with no good options
A record 7 per cent fall in living standards will hurt the public – and the government’s popularity.
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Britain’s big squeeze
A new era of higher interest rates and lower wages threatens another lost decade for living standards.
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UK households face worst fall in living standards for 60 years
Household incomes are set to fall by 3.6 per cent in 2022 and 4.3 per cent in 2023.
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How Italy has endured nearly two lost decades
Italian living standards are still below their 2006 level.
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How the living standards crisis is driving strike action
Public sector wages are 4.4 per cent lower in real terms than in 2010.
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The UK’s living standards crisis is intensifying
As inflation hits 7 per cent, real wages are falling at the fastest rate since 2013.
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