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Nov 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Tarah Welsh
In 2016, Michele McInroy was overjoyed to pick up the keys to her new home - a two-bedroom flat in a refurbished building in Woolwich, south London. But her joy soon soured. Communal areas were neglected, lifts didn’t work and repairs went unfixed, Michele says. Earlier this year, her service charge increased to around £10,000 a year, marking a 320% rise in five years.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Tarah Welsh
Homeowners have told the BBC how they have been left thousands of pounds a year worse off because of charges imposed by a company that owns hundreds of freeholds across England and Wales. A BBC News investigation has found that leaseholders have had to pay hundreds of pounds for services such as key-cutting and the cleaning of doormats and council bins.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Eleanor Lawrie |Tarah Welsh
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lauren R. Stanley |Tarah Welsh
Lauren Stanley - BBC News and Tarah Welsh - BBC NewsAugust 15, 2024 at 1:08 AM·4 min readIt's a warm Wednesday morning in August and mother of six, Carly, is trying to take off her front door to remove the fridge from her home. Along with her 14-year-old son, she has an hour to frantically move furniture to a van before bailiffs arrive and lock them out of their house for good.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Tarah Welsh
Council refunded £1.5m to 'gagged' leaseholdersNathan Welsh Lambeth Council owns and manages almost 33,000 homes, more than 9,400 of which are leaseholdA London council has been forcing residents into silence as a condition of them receiving money owed to them for building work and services they had been overcharged for - in some cases by tens of thousands of pounds.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Tarah Welsh
Rustle up something scrumptious with one of these wonderful food mixers. Click on the image to the right to launch our guide. Scroll down to leave your comments and suggestions.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Tarah Welsh
Evicted mum fears being moved 170 miles awayBBCLondon Councils said out-of-London placements were made as a "last resort"A disabled mother who had fled a violent relationship says she has been evicted from her home and she may be forced to move more than 170 miles (274km) away. Zara, who does not want to be identified, says she has been told by Waltham Forest Council that she may have to be relocated from north-east London to Stoke-on-Trent or Burnley in the north of England.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Tarah Welsh
When Aisling opened this year's annual service charge bill for the one-bedroom flat she owns with her partner, she immediately assumed it "must be a mistake". They bought the flat in Kings Cross, north London, last year through a shared ownership scheme run by Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association (ISHA). From Monday, her 2024 bill will rise by 274% from £4,200 to almost £16,000 for communal maintenance and services, on top of mortgage and rent.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
aol.com | Tim Donovan |Sonja Jessup |Karl Mercer |Tarah Welsh
What will the future hold for London and Londoners? In the past 12 months, London has had its ups and downs. Celebrations, commemorations, and even a coronation. So as the door closes on 2023, what will happen in 2024? BBC London's experts give their predictions. Tarah Welsh, BBC London work and money correspondentMany will continue to work from home or follow a hybrid modelThe cost of living has been one of the main issues for Londoners and that may continue in 2024.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
news.yahoo.com | Tim Donovan |Sonja Jessup |Karl Mercer |Tarah Welsh
What will the future hold for London and Londoners? In the past 12 months, London has had its ups and downs. Celebrations, commemorations, and even a coronation. So as the door closes on 2023, what will happen in 2024? BBC London's experts give their predictions. The cost of living has been one of the main issues for Londoners and that may continue in 2024. The rate at which prices are rising (inflation) may be slowing but prices are still high, particularly for food.
