The Labour leadership’s narrow definition of ‘working people’ leads to distorted and unjust Budget calculations, where the unearned income of the super-wealthy doesn’t factor in at all, argues JON TRICKETT MP
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The Rent Trap: Educational but not agitational
An informative book on the scandal which is private-sector renting doesn’t go far enough for JOANA RAMIRO
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• The Rent Trap: How We Fell Into It and How We Get Out of It, Samir Jeraj and Rosie Walker (Pluto Press/Left Book Club, £12.99)
THE night after I read the first chapter of The Rent Trap I was assaulted by a series of anxiety dreams.
They were populated by rogue landlords locking me out of my own home and emails warning that my rent was now going up by 10 per cent.
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A new Bill seeks to prevent price-gouging landlords evicting tenants under dubious grounds only to hike up the rent for the next tenant. Living Rent is campaigning hard to make sure this provision becomes law, writes ADITI JEHANGIR