Andrew Ellson
@andrewellson
Consumer Affairs Correspondent, The Times. Talents include sleeping, eating and making excuses
Govt to invest £10bn in Homes England to encourage private investment in housebuilding This is the agency that gave £94m to McCarthy Stone, a developer with am awful record of ripping off the elderly, with virtually no scrutiny Private sector sharks will be rubbing their hands
I spent a week examining the UK’s public debt so you don’t have to The result: “Britain's big debt gamble - how inflation-linked gilts cost us £60bn” thetimes.com/article/ba95b2…
63rd when you add the extras
today is our 40th birthday 🎈
Lambeth Council finally agrees to refund drivers fined because of the unlawful West Dulwich LTN That could cost the council up to £1.5m but as of yet no one had taken responsibility for this monumental waste of taxpayers’ cash. Why not? @RezinaChowdhury

I’d laugh if I wasn’t crying. (From the new Private Eye.)
I'm looking to speak to a wedding planner or anyone in the wedding game to talk to about the trend of people separating their actual wedding ceremony from their wedding party (by days, weeks or even months)? If that's you, pls get in touch. Thks! #journorequest #journorequests
I don’t want a “doctor in my pocket”, I just want my 83-year-old dad not to have to wait 10 months for a scan

I'm looking for some marketing experts or nutritionists to send me their thoughts on the marketing logic behind M&S calling its new health drink "punishment juice"? Is it a good idea or a risk? Thanks! #journorequest #journorequests

A council has spent more than half a million pounds housing a vulnerable ten-year-old boy in an unregistered children’s home for four months. Everything in this story is a shocking indictment of our social care system
This is a scandal hiding in plain sight - 100s of vulnerable kids sent to illegal children's homes every year at vast public expense. This latest case reveals a system in complete crisis. My report for @TBIJ & @thetimes with @andrewellson thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…