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Independent: Forget about mortgage debt – become a happy renter instead
June 27, 2010 – 10:54 am | One Comment

First-time buyers are suffering, and mortgage rule changes could lead to yet more misery, so perhaps it’s time to consider the benefits of being a tenant, writes Laura Howard

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The Independent: Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty
November 30, 2009 – 6:32 pm | One Comment
The Independent: Britain faces return to Victorian levels of poverty

Labour’s strategy for tackling poverty has reached the end of the road and Britain risks a return to Victorian levels of inequality, according to a major two-year study seen by The Independent.

Money Morning: Britain and its Near Death Economy
November 9, 2009 – 5:42 pm | 2 Comments
Money Morning: Britain and its Near Death Economy

Money Morning has described Britain as now being “actually insolvent” compared to being “technically insolvent” when it went begging to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1976. 

Telegraph: Britain has the worst quality of life in Europe
October 13, 2009 – 4:39 pm | 3 Comments
Telegraph: Britain has the worst quality of life in Europe

A lot of us have been feeling the pinch living here in the UK, and this study does not go anywhere to help us believe that “things are going to get better” anytime soon.  Share with …