Vicky Spratt

Extract from my book Tenants in today’s @theipaper - my grandparents were saved from poor housing conditions by their council flat in the 1950s. Today they wouldn’t be so lucky. inews.co.uk/news/long-read…

Britain's buy-to-let rental market is shrinking and it has huge implications... My latest column @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/the-wa…

Living with housemates throughout your 20s (particularly in cities) is now expected thanks to rising rents and stagnating wages. And at the same time we've apparently created a social norm against having a your partner stay with you. No wonder there's a relationship recession

Tom Hayes became the human face of the financial crisis in Britain. He spent years in prison for something that lots of people in his industry did, something that was implicitly sanctioned by his bosses. The Supreme Court has now quashed his conviction... ft.com/content/e6ea99…

Sorry, but buying a home will not longer guarantee you a return on investment How the housing market has changed in the 2020s, this week’s newsletter @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/housing/w…

For @NewStatesman I’ve written about what Labour have planned for housing in the autumn, and why the stakes couldn’t be higher newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…

NEW: Angela Rayner has told cabinet that economic insecurity, rapid de-industrialisation, immigration, technological change & declining trust in institutions was having profound impact on society. She said 17/18 places that saw the worst disorder last summer ranked as most…

I have a new book coming out soon and I’ve written for @NewStatesman about why Labour’s survival will depend on whether they can soothe our raging housing crisis… That’s why ministers are gearing up for more radical second year… newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…

Re the Rightmove data - it doesn’t show that house prices are down. It shows that asking prices are down. Still significant but not the same thing!

Farage’s prison maths isn’t mathsing. He wants 30,000 new prison places, no suspended sentences & life for drug traffickers. But there are 5k drug trafficking offences each year in London alone. 42k suspended sentences in 2022 alone So, his 30k prison places won’t last long

Re GB News video, if quizzing people on their knowledge of historical figures is how you measure and define British values, you’re going to have a problem because… Polls have shown large numbers of young Brits don’t know who Admiral Nelson was…

Brilliant scrutiny of Reformonics from @bbclaurak “So you don’t know how much it would be…” No…

What if inflation just... doesn't go away? bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

My interview with @AngelaRayner on why Labour has to “step up” and make the case for why it should be in power theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

1. It’s a wider window 2. Multiple children have died falling out of windows that were not restricted

On Planning & Infrastructure Bill - need to see the exact wording but don’t think it’s right that the Government has “completely caved”. Based on what I’ve read it looks like sensible tweaks have been made? Really not that major to ask developers to set out environmental impacts?

Have to say I am more concerned about the bombardment of political messages tailored to pensioners at a sensitive point in their development - and there are many, many more of them

Higher loan-to-value (low-deposit) mortgages are a symptom of the housing crisis, more than a solution to it. Labour inherited a mess. But what Rachel Reeves has not said about her mortgage reforms is the most interesting bit... My analysis @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/achel-ree…