colleen Matheau-Raven

[colleen Matheau-Raven @Cmathraven]

@orwellvalley Leaseholders are not responsible for for the scam that leasehold is -Govts of all varieties, freeholders, managing agents, solicitors who don’t explain the nuances and estate agents most def are. They are responsible for for modern day slavery our and simple

[Royal Artillery Quays Residents (#WeNeedAnA1) @raq_residents]

Labour Councillor John Fahy, thinks the below is "great".

Council Leader @MrOkereke attempting to silence a Grenfell Inquiry KC criticising the council denials of all evidence of unlawful construction at 8 tall tower blocks in Woolwich!

There are 1000 of us in danger here.

[Rowena House @HouseRowena]

@mtpennycook Please tell @SteveReedMP that leasehold reform is necessary & get him to tell the PM so you get backing to do the job as promised ASAP and not at the 11th hour, when it will be seen as cynical. People vote for action, not vague restatements of personal values and visions.

[Alice Editorial @aliceeditorial]

@Victoria_Spratt @theipaper @Ipsos_in_the_UK There is significant anger amongst leaseholders who feel betrayed at the glacial pace of reform - while we are being dragged through court and forfeiture by freeholders, the government tells us we were unrealistic to believe they would fulfil their manifesto pledge to end LH.

[No Name @batigolis]

@mtpennycook Abolish leasehold like you promised

[Tony @tony24764]

@aliceeditorial @NLC_2019 @mtpennycook @vickyfoxcroft @SteveReedMP @mhclg @LKPleasehold @UKLabour promised to abolish leaseholds they lied to get votes and protect big money investors + freeholders rather than leasehold voters I don’t think any of the leaseholders or their families and friends will be voting for Labour today. @AngelaRayner @GBNEWS @TowerHamletsJL

[Alice Editorial @aliceeditorial]

@NLC_2019 @mtpennycook @vickyfoxcroft @SteveReedMP @mhclg @LKPleasehold There are 7 flats - 1 or 2 bed, in our block. FH recently produced a spending plans for £1m over the next ten years. Including washing the brickwork (on the Old Kent Road 😵‍💫). 7 flats totally unsellable for a decade. 7 lived ruined. Tell me more about this security…

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Richard Tice is the 2nd richest MP in the House of Commons, only Rishi Sunak has more money than him.

He runs a massive Landlord empire.

He keeps his assets in a New Jersey Tax Haven and has dodged at least £600,000 in Corporation Tax

Yet still claims to be a man of the people

[Richard Holden MP @RicHolden]

Some people will do anything to distract from the fact that @Nigel_Farage was personally given £5 million by a crypto-billionaire and didn’t declare it…

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

In September 2024 Nigel Farage said he couldn't do in-person surgeries in Clacton because of safety concerns

But in April 2026, Nigel Farage claimed that his £5 million donation in Spring 2024 from Christopher Harborne was for his security

Why did Nigel Farage take a £5 million gift for security then not use it for his security so he could run in-person surgeries like MPs are meant to?

[Viviane: 🌹Labour led by Keir for me @LaindonFEMINIST]

Farage will get away with his £5m gift. He will get away with his Frinton house. He got away with electoral monies being overspent and no doubt he will get away with threatening voters. He got away with bullying at his school despite 30+ of them reporting him.

Why?

[The Left Bible @theleftbible]

It’s the local elections this week, and Nigel Farage would hate if you made this go viral 👇

[Ecoboy247 @ecoboy247]

@mtpennycook @GaryMerseybox @instituteforgov It doesn’t look like you’re “ending” it either. Just more hot air, what are these mystery “flaws”? You could switch on LAFRA to save the flat market, just more vague words, blah blah bla, 2028, blah bla. 2y and you’ve done fuck all!! Enjoy the vote!!!!

[john @Coleman48J]

Should certainly be able to get rid of marriage values, as recommended by all recent reviews. Not as if freeholders have been putting their hands in their pockets for improvements and maintenance.

[Mike O'H @MikeHanlon99]

@endleaseholduk @TowerHamletsJL Very slippery. An obvious freeholder delay strategy. Evidence now piling up. Many are wondering whether Pennycook has had too many meetings with freeholders and been seduced into betraying leaseholders. Disastrous for Labour's election prospects. 🤦‍♂️
@SteveReedMP @Keir_Starmer

[NLC - KATIE KENDRICK OBE - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER @NLC_2019]

A speech from 3 years ago & still in the same situation 🥲

"Promised, delayed, watered Down or undelivered seems to be the journey. Why Gov drags its feet people lives are being Seriously adversely affected. Values are going down ⬇️ Sales are blighted"

@mtpennycook #Trapped

[Leasehold Hostage @endleaseholduk]

Yes, but the pace at which you’re going, leaseholders themselves will cease to exist by the time leasehold is abolished.

[orwellvalley @orwellvalley]

There’s this idea with leasehold that if things get tight, you can just rent the place out and ride it out. People have told me, buy somewhere else, rent the flat...

Maybe that worked once. It doesn’t now.

Our service charge was £300 a month. It’s just gone up another £135 - now £435 pcm.

That’s before mortgage, letting fees, maintenance, or the odd empty month.

I know one leaseholder already losing £200 a month renting their place out. That was before this increase. Add another £135 and it’s not "letting" anymore... you’re paying for someone else to live there.

Then there’s the bigger hit:
Up to £15,000 for major works, due now…
…and another ~£5,000 in legal costs likely later this year.

So what are people supposed to do?

One neighbour’s got £55k left on their mortgage with five years to go. Can’t sell - the service charges and Section 20 have flattened values.
Currently renting it with a guaranteed loss every month.
Still expected to find tens of thousands on demand. Plus the tenants she's been forced to take, are not exactly ingratiating themselves with their fellow neighbours.

That’s the reality.
And it doesn’t just affect a few people, it drags everything down with it. People forced into selling, prices dropping, others stuck because they can’t move without taking a hit.

The whole "property is security" thing starts to feel like a bit of a joke.

It’s not flexible. It’s no longer a fallback.

It’s a liability you have to keep feeding, whether it works for you or not.

[Kevin May @Yam_Nivek]

No matter how bad it gets!
No matter how tough it gets!
There is still absolutely no excuse to vote for Nigel Farage. None!

[Alice Editorial @aliceeditorial]

@mtpennycook @LiberalElitist2 Rogue service charges are destroying lives and LHs cannot wait forever. Our FH added a random £25k charge to our block of 7 flats. No S20, no explanation. He is now suing us despite having done no work. The stress is beyond devastating and is financially ruinous.