@Se_Railway I’m fully aware of the complex nuances of your system. I’m just blown away at the cost differences and how the one off peak time I have traveled has almost bankrupt me.
Your ticket prices are wild @Se_Railway.
Approx £88 for a return to St Pancras from Canterbury on the 08:23. If I get the 10:23 it would only cost £27 with a Network Rail card.
The ticket officer kindly offered me two singles: an outward ticket for £48 and a return with the railcard for £27.
So I got a bargain price of £75 for my journey… a £13 difference.
🍂 This nesting season, @UAL invited our Director Sonia Solicari to curate Home (dis)Comforts, a #UALShowcase of 14 graduate projects exploring how we shape homes for comfort—and as spaces to face domestic challenges, including inequalities.
🔗https://t.co/eMZUEpyNzm
“The govt’s assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill predicts the net core cost to landlords of just £12 a year per home.”
Yet landlord lobbyists are fighting tooth and nail against it & crying poverty. They just don’t want to see tenants have more rights! https://t.co/CUPlcOkhC3
Deposit protection is one of the few ways England leads the world on renting policy - eg Ireland is only now setting their system up.
But @genrentuk research finds that most renters whose landlord claims unreasonable end-of-tenancy deductions aren't benefiting 🧵1/
🚨BREAKING: Rent inflation stats are out—and it makes for grim reading.
Annual rents are currently rising 8.7%.
That’s 4x faster than inflation, and the 15th consecutive month of annual rent price inflation above 8%.
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🚨New figures from the ONS reveal that rent inflation is STILL outpacing wages, with inflation at 8.4%.
⚠️Rents have been getting less affordable for over a year, but there's nothing in the Renters' Rights Bill to address this.
@OSaumarezSmith I’m getting a Gaudi meets van Eyck vibe with those pops of fenestration colours.
The mosaic tiles around the surrounds are a little Hundertwasser-y too.
If - and it’s an IF - there is a ‘mass exodus’ of landlords following the budget, homes will not disappear. They will be sold and bought by other people - other landlords or owner occupiers. Or, in some cases, councils who have Right to Buy back funds as some in London do.