Charlie Haynes

England’s doughty yeomen will do anything with their money - let it rot in a bank, buy a buy to let, shove it under the bed - other than put it into stocks

It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...

Food £200
Data £150
Rent £800
Whimsical household inventions £3,600
Utility £150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my dog is mad at me

It's really noticeable around us how it has shifted from "youngish professionals living comfortably together" to "overcrowded HMOs" because it's more affordable to split a two-bed four ways than two.

'Our estate pays £9,000 a year for grass to be cut' Freehold homeowners say they feel

EXCL: Homebuyers are increasingly saddled with extra costs for estate management that they complain are hidden by “smoke & mirrors”. 4 in 5 new homes under construction will have some kind of charge. I’ve looked at so called “fleecehold” charges from firm FirstPort
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Peer uses Kremlin talking points and considers Russian ambassador a “nice chap” - Tortoise A peer who has repeatedly echoed Kremlin talking points in the House of Lords has joined a new parliamentary group formed to fight “disinformation in the public discourse”. Last week Lord Balfe was na...

Exc: Peer who repeats Kremlin talking points made vice chair of APPG set up to fight disinformation

Lord Balfe also described Russian ambassador Kelin as "a nice chap" and told Tortoise that Kelin would be “welcome in my kitchen”

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“Ha yeah that’s okay, several worries”

Women plan UK legal action over Johnson & Johnson talcum powder cancer claims - BBC News Hundreds of women in the UK are taking legal action against Johnson and Johnson.

My exclusive yesterday - a group is taking legal action against the makers of Johnson’s baby powder, claiming repeated use caused their cancers. They say for decades talcum powder contained small amounts of cancer causing asbestos.
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