Students camp outside estate agents overnight to secure accommodation.
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Shrinking supply of rental properties is fuelling competition for university accommodation.
#CostofLiving#Rentfreezenow#ventyourrent#esgmessages#uni
https://t.co/BxqHanueu0
Nearly half of child #benefit tribunals find in favour of parents.
One of the main reasons is HMRC not doing enough to notify parents they were liable to the charge in the first place.
https://t.co/ZBVVfkyzGZ
Housing #benefits still won’t keep up with skyrocketing rents.
In April 2024 LHA will indeed be uprated, but from then, year after year, it would be frozen again
Condemning millions of households to further poverty and, perhaps ultimately, homelessness.
https://t.co/T9FIF8b3wa
Hunt’s free #childcare pledge ‘doomed to fail’ as thousands of #nurseries close.
Almost 100,000 extra workers are needed to fulfil Mr Hunt’s pledge and 180,000 additional places will be needed by the end of 2025 for the rollout to work
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#ukchildcare
https://t.co/9rmOUvlIeT
Highest value estates typically pay a lower effective rate on inheritance.
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Reform Inheritance tax -wealthier reduce tax due on investments that make up part of their estate by using tax reliefs.
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Family homes form the bulk of estates
#AutumnStatement
https://t.co/IDK4mHQuBe
Keeping tax low for the rich does not boost economy
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Cutting taxes on the rich increases top income shares, but has little effect on economic performance.
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#AutumnStatement
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https://t.co/OAQMZzosoS
Has inflation really halved?
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Core inflation (excluding volatile costs like food and fuel) is still 5.7% - only a few points down from the 6.1% it was last year!
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https://t.co/JV4jMka0fx
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Graduate and school leavers spared by PWC in latest jobs cuts.
New hires have a positive impact on the firm's diversity and social mobility efforts.
PWC UK chair Kevin Ellis "New hires are generally more diverse than the organisation as a whole".
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https://t.co/9GpD484GNd
Our hearts are with the West family. Three family members representing three generations all killed Sunday morning by a fire caused by lithium-ion battery. This problem is getting worse. We need online retailers to step up and stop selling these uncertified, unregulated devices.