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Vicky Spratt

Vicky Spratt

@Victoria_Spratt

Housing & society correspondent @theipaper Orwell Prize finalist 2023, 24 & 25. Author of TENANTS & We Were Promised The Moon. Please send me your stories!

London, England Katılım Temmuz 2011
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Vicky Spratt
Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
Housing Britain, my new series for @BBCRadio4, is now available to listen to Part 1 is all about housebuilding. Why is it so difficult to build new homes? Is the environment - newts and bats - in the way? Will Labour meet its target? Listen here 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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Kitty Donaldson@kitty_donaldson·
EXC: Inside the UK-EU reset negotiations -The UK is looking at imposing an annual cap of 45,000 on young Europeans who can come to Britain, similar to the limit for Australians on working holiday visas -Reeves opposes EU students' fees demand for fear of universities going bust
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Kane Emerson
Kane Emerson@KaneEmerson·
London is one of the best cities in the world. It’s a true shame that the barrier to entry is ~£12,000/yr for just a bedroom in an HMO.
Toby Tarrant@tobytarrant

Just walked through London for only 15 minutes and saw all this - Recently voted best city in the world for the 11th year in a row - Serious crime rates the lowest its been since 2014 Don't listen to media outlets who make money by being miserable fuckers and dividing us x

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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
Quite the full circle moment for me - I’m renting for the first time since 2017 and the flat has severe mould. I wonder if there’s any legislation I can reference when I email my landlord about this…☺️
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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
“The mistake people make concerning the freedom of the press is to think that it is a right belonging to journalists. But this is a fallacy. It’s a right belonging to the reader...It is the people working in offices...in factories, who have a right to know what’s happening"
Hugo Gye@HugoGye

I know this always sounds like special pleading from journalists But we attend these briefings *on behalf of our readers* It is bizarre that at a time of war, global economic volatility, a health emergency and packed agenda of government activity No10 will not answer questions

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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
With respect… - Less disposable income makes it harder to save to buy a house - Makes it harder to get a mortgage - contrary to urban wisdom mortgage lenders DO ask about your student loan - High marginal tax rate for some grads during peak earnings years - bad for pensions
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney

It’s psychologically horrible to have such a debt. But it doesn’t matter. She’ll never pay off her loan. She’ll pay extra 9% income tax above Plan 2 threshold, £29,385 from April, which will mean less disposable income, but after 30 years, however massive, debt will disappear.

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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
Following my report on Hastings' dilapidated playgrounds with @helenadollimore - the government has put up £1 million of 'Pride in Place' funding to sort things out Why are children in the poorest parts of the country left with nowhere to play? inews.co.uk/news/seaside-t…
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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
I am quiet atm as I'm finishing a new book We Were Promised The Moon - published by @4thEstateBooks 2027 It's about the stark inequality between generations. Why politicians keep failing the young. And how that's impacting politics. Please do pre-order amazon.co.uk/Were-Promised-…
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Kitty Donaldson
Kitty Donaldson@kitty_donaldson·
No 10 told us the story was false. It wasn’t. It was entirely true. As the release of the first cache of Mandelson documents showed today.
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Kitty Donaldson@kitty_donaldson·
No 10 and the Mandelson files. A thread 🧵 Last month my colleague @Richard_AHolmes and I published a front-page splash that No 10 put pressure on the Foreign Office to fast-track Peter Mandelson’s vetting to become UK ambassador to Washington.
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Jessica Elgot
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot·
NEW - Mandelson was offered a "higher tiers" briefing on January 6, before his developed vetting was confirmed on January 29, emails appear to show. This mean he was offered highly classified briefing from the FCDO as US ambassador before he finished the formal vetting process
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John Stepek
John Stepek@John_Stepek·
UK five-year swap rate (important factor in pricing mortgages) is now up to its highest level in a year, back above 4%.
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George Eaton
George Eaton@georgeeaton·
As for the North Sea, the idea it’s a goldmine waiting to be exploited is at odds with reality.
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Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
@sophwilkinson Interesting stat from Tim “The number of prisoners on life sentences is going down because they keep being murdered”
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Sophie Wilkinson
Sophie Wilkinson@sophwilkinson·
While I have no care for Ian Huntley whatsoever I do wonder why it was so easy for him to be attacked - the weapon used against him, a metal pole, could easily be used against any other prisoner, even ones not as morally reprehensible as he was
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Pippa Crerar
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar·
EXCL: MPs are planning to redact names of 2,000 parliamentary staff from official register that has been in place for decades, reducing transparency around lobbying by passholders - @rowenamason theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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