Vicky Spratt

1 week ago | msn.com | Vicky Spratt

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1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Vicky Spratt

“This is where B block was,” says Tam Mitchell “over there was a cricket pitch…it was like a community for workers.” The 57-year-old former Rolls-Royce engineer is standing on the site of the factory where he once worked just outside of East Kilbride town centre. B-block made history in the 70s when workers refused to repair engines which belonged to planes that were being used to take power by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in a violent military coup.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Vicky Spratt

Housebuilders could have access to £4.8 billion in cheaper loans from the Government in a bid to build hundreds of thousands of extra new homes, Rachel Reeves announced today. The Chancellor has drawn up plans which would allow Homes England, the Government’s housing agency, to deliver cheaper financing to builders in a bid to unlock the private investment needed to help Labour reach its target of building 1.5m new homes.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Vicky Spratt

Low-income renters across the country are being forced to use benefits meant to help them cope with disabilities to pay their rent, experts have warned. The Government has repeatedly frozen House Benefit levels since 2013, meaning thousands of low-income tenants have seen their payments fail to keep up with rent rises. The issue means low-income renters with disabilities are resorting to using their Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to bridge the gap, charities have warned.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Vicky Spratt

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