Phyll Buchanan

MSc Evidence-based health care, volunteering, infant feeding, free from the #LeaseholdScandal

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

Thank you @ChiOnwurah it is a terrible blight on the centre of Newcastle in the middle of a housing & cost of living crisis.

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

Leaseholders in #Newcastle can face supposed charities like the Mary Magdalene & Holy Jesus Trust who refuse to extend leaseholds; or extortionate Building Management, Fire Safety & Ground Rent Fees yet the Govt's Leasehold Reform Bill won't help them. I asked the Govt - why not?

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

💥When shadowy groups appear at the eleventh hour, it’s not democracy it’s lawfare designed to stall reform and protect vested interests💥

@PropIndEye #LeaseholdScandal
@mhclg @SteveReedMP @mtpennycook

https://t.co/oeCFYQuIoa

[Northumberland Coast Loop @NlandCoastLoop]

Average speed cameras on the #A1 would mark a massive safety improvement at very little financial cost (approx £5.2m from Morpeth to Scottish Border assuming approx £100k per mile cost). Also need to be looking at #ModalShiftToRail > #ECML is needing investment for more capacity.

[James Lind Alliance @LindAlliance]

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Choose the questions that you think future research needs to answer about neuroendocrine cancer. Take part in the survey: https://t.co/wmkkVp3ESW

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

@gamecounsel Trouble is that testing can cause harm too. Hope we can get more certainty soon. Various men in my family affected. https://t.co/xR7uLjhTF8

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

The UK National Screening Committee is right to recommend against population screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney
https://t.co/5v7vveMs5F

[Catherine Williams OBE @cathnlc.bsky.social @cattwil]

💢LIES, DAMN LIES & STATISTICS
Many thanks to Alexander Hamilton for this forensic dive into latest gov data claiming over 92% of leaseholders are happy with their tenure.
@mtpennycook
@SteveReedMP
@LKPleasehold
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
The claim that the 2024–25 English Housing Survey shows overwhelming satisfaction with the traditional third-party landlord model of leasehold is difficult to sustain once the underlying categories are unpacked. First, the survey’s leasehold category includes a significant proportion of dwellings with a share of freehold and an unspecified proportion in which landlord control over service charges has been reduced through RTM or RMC arrangements. Second, the survey question used here measures satisfaction with accommodation, not satisfaction with leasehold itself. When respondents are asked more directly about leasehold, the available evidence appears markedly less positive.
https://t.co/2FV0amH2Tq

[Vicky Spratt @Victoria_Spratt]

The government must bring a cap on ground rents at £250 in by “late 2027” the Housing Committee has said after reviewing the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill

Also calling for a quicker transition to zero ground rent - in 20 as opposed to the 40 years suggested by govt

And regulation of property management agents with an independent regulator with “teeth to sanction” those who behave badly

Committee chair @FloEshalomi urges govt to introduce the final bill by autumn this year

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

🗣The Government must go further and faster on commonhold and leasehold reform, says Housing Committee

Recommends the government accelerate the timetable to bring in the £250 Ground Rent cap by late 2027.

@CommonsHCLG @mhclg

https://t.co/t3ybHh4bzQ

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

@NLC_2019 @CP3A4CE @CommonsHCLG @mhclg This is good too “Strengthening leaseholders’ rights – enacting the Law Commission’s recommendations”

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

Responses came from across England and Wales, with Greater London (37% combined) and the South East (18%) most represented.

Our final report, including recommendations to government, will be published tomorrow, Wednesday 27 May.

6/6 🧵

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

52% are struggling to afford service charges. 39% cannot sell or remortgage due to high service charges. The scale of the problem is clear.

5/6 🧵

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee surveyed 7,358 homeowners on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill and the findings are stark.

Our full report will be published tomorrow.
Watch this space.

1/6 🧵

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Secret lobbyists behind pro-leasehold campaign https://t.co/35bexxko7d they literally own the ground beneath your feet and want to hang on to it! You just get the right to live in 100cu.m of air for a finite time.

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

@JunaSathian No, you would think they would want to make a good impression.

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

@joe_causerie12 @martinboydlkp Do you only do rude? Doesn’t my experience count?

[Phyll Buchanan @PhyllBuc]

@gamecounsel @ChelseaBridgeWh @martinboydlkp Before MB became chair there was nothing useful on the website to help leaseholders, nor were they prepared to discuss my situation despite sending them my barristers opinion. Now I often share links from the website to others. Incomparably better IMO

[James Lind Alliance @LindAlliance]

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[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Fiona Garrett lost her son, Joshua, aged 23 when a railing on a balcony in a housing association property gave way earlier this year.

She's pushing for a duty of candour and mandatory inspections for safety barriers. She has a petition here:

https://t.co/gQv4riLgMF

[martinboyd @martinboydlkp]

Just before various landlords and some leaseholders invent a conspiracy theory you might like to read this.

I did my time 😇

https://t.co/qHMFKsSp3E