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Josh Gabert-Doyon

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Writer, audio producer, Monday morning host of FT News Briefing podcast

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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 16h
Crazy story. I remember hearing about this 'blade runner' movement when I covered the ULEZ protests a few years ago and recently saw them pop up in a Portsmouth anti-migrant facebook group. Notable that this is being brought under terrorism connection charges. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 30/09/2026
Only in Singapore: FirstDate, a "government dating app". Report by @owenwalker0.ft.com as.ft.com/r/548e7126-d...
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Singapore taps Nobel-winning formula for government dating app
City-state takes matters into its own hands with pilot programme aimed at boosting marriages in fast-ageing country
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026
Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...
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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
my theory about Broken Windows was always that the problem was correct (the windows are broken) but the *solution* was wrong (beat up the guys who broke them). bsky.app/profile/oluf...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A nice bit of Quebecois language politics here for the real heads: Mila, the Montreal AI institute founded by Yoshua Bengio was vandalised last week by someone who grafitti'd "Burn the data centers" – using, notably, the American spelling of "centers" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Research centre, AI company vandalized ahead of Montreal artificial intelligence summit | CBC News
Two buildings housing an AI research institute and a software company were vandalized Tuesday night in Montreal, as the city gets set to host Canada's largest AI summit.
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the FT News Briefing today I talk to Kana Inagaki about why Volkswagen's stock is getting hit particularly hard amid competition with Chinese rivals, and hear from James Politi about Jon Ossoff's pitch to save the centrist wing of the Democratic party. www.ft.com/content/ac00...
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Germany’s Merz vows to stay despite ‘disaster’
Polls show the Christian Democrats had their worst performance in a regional election since World War II
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An interesting guest choice to have someone from an org who doesn't declare their donors to defend massive political donations. But the idea put forward by the IEA in this Moral Maze - that donors might be donating for reasons other than influence - prompts the question: are donor dinners that fun?
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very weird proxy war evolving right now between Ukraine and Russia in Libya edition.cnn.com/2026/09/12/a...
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Ukraine is fighting Russia anywhere it can – even in the deserts of Africa | CNN
An elite group of Ukrainian drone operators has spent years hunting Russians from dugouts in Ukraine. They are now doing so in remote deserts thousands of miles from home.
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Really sad to hear that Frances Stonor Saunders has died. Her multi-part piece in the LRB from a few years back is one of the few back-issues I've saved. Link here (it was also turned into a book) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Around the corner from where I get rotisserie chicken and across the street from the big Tesco, looks like I have a new factory neighbour. as.ft.com/r/acfe5a75-2...
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Start-up opens factory a mile from Tower Bridge amid defence surge
Isembard says 160,000 sq ft facility is central London’s largest since second world war
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Have been following the university sector's attempts to engage Reform UK over the past few months – despite the party's harsh words about the higher education. Piece out today, with a lively FT comment section. as.ft.com/r/2ba019ee-5...
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UK universities fail to win over Reform
University leaders have spent months on a charm offensive aimed at gaining the support of the populist rightwing party
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Surely they have enough on their plate already? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Iceland to become first UK high street retailer to open shop in Falkland Islands
Boss Richard Walker is ‘proud to be backing Britain’ with a store in the capital, Stanley
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great piece from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on how AI is changing workplace dynamics. Have heard of this playing out in audio production workplaces: AI tools for editing have freed up producers to take on more technical tasks like podcast mixing, to mixed reaction... as.ft.com/r/9057bd42-7...
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AI is ushering in an era of mass toe-treading at work
Boundaries between different occupations are blurring at the cost of a collaborative company culture
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lfg
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 03/08/2026
"one of the world’s best known secret societies" 😂 as.ft.com/r/1c937b8f-0... @joshgd100.bsky.social
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Freemasons seek a new generation of members
Society known for secret handshakes tries to attract younger people as its membership ages
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Great piece by Gill Plimmer - who has been on water companies for years giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The fight to save England’s rivers
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Everyone thinks the UK should be building homes on brownfield land - but while we have a lot, most of it is in just a few urban areas. Most local authorites have less than five years' supply. Just one of many reasons Burnham will struggle to meet his housing ambitions
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Fun fact: Warner sued Suno and then turned around last year, settled and started a joint venture to develop a new AI tool.
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Wrote about the peptide boom in Las Vegas. www.ft.com/content/4417...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Interesting argument here around the impact of Palantir winning the NHS Federated Data Platform contract... From @laurahughesft.bsky.social and Madhumita Murgia's piece in the FT today. as.ft.com/r/e3df8845-d...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Big question in the coming months/year will be how the state responds to these kinds of moves by rental sector. Will cash-strapped local councils really have the capacity to carry out enforcement?
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fun NYT investigation looking at in-fighting in the kratom/wellness industry and regulatory capture. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 17/06/2026
This is an episode I've been keen to do ever since we launched The Story of Money. This week we explore the absolutely WILD 1990s pyramid schemes of Albania, in relative scale the equivalent to about 1,000 Bernie Madoffs at the same time. www.ft.com/content/5083...
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The financial scams that brought Albania to the brink of war
1997 was the country’s year of financial horror
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A discussion about the social media ban on under 16s. BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?” Student: “Stare at a wall.”
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Hettie O’Brien @hettieobrien.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I went on Radio 4 to talk about wealth, the superrich, and what’s changed since Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations (TLDR; the wretched spirit of monopoly is back, baby) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Wealth
Can the accumulation of wealth be ethical and what can we learn from Adam Smith's enquiry?
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Current DHSC permanent secretary: -Consulted for a healthcare company during the period when that company was bidding and working with Palantir on the Federated Data Platform contract. -Helped Global Counsel arrange a roundtable with Palantir while in her post at DHSC. as.ft.com/r/7635786e-3...
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Top health official had close ties with Palantir partner at time of NHS contract
Scrutiny of Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, comes amid pressure for ministers to use break clause in key contract
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Birmingham's post-local election political situation is getting interesting: Reform (largest party) and Labour (previous admin) have both ruled out being part of a coalition administration. It means any governing coalition will need to work with pro-Gaza independents. as.ft.com/r/bdee6bf3-b...
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Birmingham braces for chaos as multi-party vote leaves council rudderless
Europe’s largest local authority has no leadership after the political scene fragmented in this month’s local elections
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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Incredibly proud to publish this, by Robert Newton, a stunning piece of writing about a remote religious community in the shadow of a dormant nuclear plant, and what plans for a new plant reveal about the fractures caused by Britain's drive to decarbonise www.break-down.org/the-chapel-a...
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The Chapel and the Nuclear Plant
At a remote Essex chapel shadowed by a dormant nuclear plant, a battle over a proposed new reactor reveals how Britain’s drive to decarbonise is reshaping old conflicts between conservation, community...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Worked with @antoniacundy.ft.com to look at the finances and strategy behind Opus Dei's foray into US higher education. as.ft.com/r/de440746-b...
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Opus Dei’s opaque influence on US campus politics
Think-tank network that has prospered under Donald Trump has close operational ties to secretive Catholic group
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Fantastic piece by @lucyfisher.ft.com and @annasophiegross.bsky.social this:
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Restore Britain: the far-right party trying to outflank Nigel Farage
Launched by ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe, it’s endorsed by billionaire Elon Musk and polling at around 3% in the UK
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Fun data story: collapsed lender MFS appears to have caused a sudden spike in the national insolvency rate. The government's Insolvency Service said an 82% rise in administration was because of "more than 100 connected companies in the real estate sector”. w/ Euan Healy as.ft.com/r/f7741bc7-3...
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MFS collapse prompts surge in national insolvency rates
Insolvency Service reports 82% year-on-year rise in administrations last month across England and Wales
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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Delighted to say that our spring issue will be out May 6! This was a very surprising, insightful & motivating issue to edit. On everything from Big Tech's ever-growing Cloud empire to community-led fights for clean air in Beirut & The Bronx. Plus a chat w/the great @dwallacewells.bsky.social (!)
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 17/04/2026
Quite aside from using AI to fake other complaints, in his own complaint this guy described EMBANKMENT as a "residential neighbourhood". Nightclub NIMBYism is out of control. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say
Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Had fun reporting on the private security groups using open source intelligence to catch organised shoplifting groups as.ft.com/r/d30e1213-5...
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How a London teenager shoplifted £140,000
What was unusual was not just the value of the goods — it was the fact that the boy was caught
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Interesting detail from student housing developer Unite's trading update today. They're selling £600mn worth of student accommodation, focus seems to be on disposing of assets in weaker performing student towns/cities. Wrote about the market earlier this week: as.ft.com/r/4e0e94b9-3...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
For investors, student housing is an appealing de-risked asset: constant stream of students, backed by public institutions, exempt from various planning requirements, w/ rents increasing every year. Now there are concerns about over-saturation and councils are kicking off. as.ft.com/r/755219e6-6...
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The hangover from Britain’s student housing boom
[FREE TO READ] Concerns about affordability and community impact are mounting, even as purpose-built accommodation gains traction elsewhere
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Property lawyers are seeing a surge of evictions in the run-up to the implementation of the Renters Rights Act. Landlords say they're re-pricing risk to deal with the new regulations. as.ft.com/r/d70fafb3-0...
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Renters’ Rights Act brings big changes to UK property market
[FREE TO READ] New rules aim to provide safety and security for tenants, but landlords are anxious
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Enhanced Games, the 'steroid olympics' backed by Peter Thiel, Don Jr and others, are the first to dive into peptide commercialisation off the back off an RFK Jr. appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. Story with @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social and Patrick Temple-West as.ft.com/r/4d2cf814-5...
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‘Steroid Olympics’ company to start selling peptides after Kennedy signals deregulation
[FREE TO READ] Enhanced Games, backed by Donald Trump Jr and Peter Thiel, is moving into consumer products
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers."
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Reining in data centers sparks rare bipartisanship in statehouses
With voters wary of AI and both parties’ ability to tackle it, the issue has not fallen along usual partisan lines, even in an election year.
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A fun Companies House find, someone appears to have accidentally inputted a Google search query about offshore jurisdictions into the 'Governing Law' section.
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"Mancroft seems supremely unembarrassed" Genre-defining 'Lunch with the FT' by @henrymance.ft.com as.ft.com/r/646ff70e-0...
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Hereditary peer Lord Mancroft: ‘They don’t care about fox hunting. It’s about us’
[FREE TO READ] The Conservative politician and former master of hounds on House of Lords reform, the pros and cons of privilege — and his numerous tattoos
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Great opener from @willdunn.bsky.social in this piece about the 'expo-expo' and the UK's conference economy. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Facial recognition cameras are much more prevalent among retailers than they are among law enforcement. Privacy campaigners are worried about the lack of oversight. Providers and users of the cameras say they're filling a gap left by unresponsive police forces. . as.ft.com/r/4e840ce8-e...
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UK high streets turn to facial recognition in fight against shoplifting
Theft and threats against shop floor workers have risen sharply since the Covid-19 pandemic
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wrote about Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital and how landlords are changing strategies - with more evictions and changes in tenancies - ahead of the Renters Rights Act. Building on great reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media @pollysmythe.bsky.social and others as.ft.com/r/97c52505-0...
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London landlord begins evictions ahead of new renters’ rights law
[FREE TO READ] Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital owns several apartment blocks in capital as well as Trocadero centre in Piccadilly
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 03/03/2026
Asif Aziz evictions story is going mainstream. Telegraph and Independent have covered in recent days. Now the FT has done a brilliant piece - including finding another property affected, where a Ukrainian refugee and their disabled son are being evicted by Aziz. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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London landlord begins evictions ahead of new renters’ rights law
Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital owns several apartment blocks in capital as well as Trocadero centre in Piccadilly
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The continual use of these countdown-style deadlines feels a whole lot like the structure of reality TV. We're all barrelling towards a commercial break www.ft.com/content/624b...
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Trump says he will decide in next 10 days if US will strike Iran
Oil price rises as aircraft carrier and refuelling planes head to region in one of biggest build-ups since 2003 Iraq invasion
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
RIP Michael Silverblatt, a public radio great. Also incredible detail in this obit about the staked faculty list at SUNY Buffalo. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Josh Gabert-Doyon @joshgd100.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"One UK official insisted, however, that Mandelson’s appointment had made sense at the time — and that he had been instrumental in securing the UK tech and trade deals." Interesting detail that might explain how Mandelson stuck around for so long. as.ft.com/r/eae6ab33-c...
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Pressure grows on Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over Peter Mandelson ambassador appointment
[FREE TO READ] Multiple MPs in Labour Party question Morgan McSweeney’s judgment as revelations shake Westminster
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
fascinating FT story via @danneidle.bsky.social UK ministers are working to resolve an anomaly in the Renters’ Rights Act that would otherwise leave hundreds of thousands of private tenants having to pay stamp duty in the coming years www.ft.com/content/c260...
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Anomaly in UK rental reforms would leave thousands paying stamp duty
The government said it is ‘aware’ of the issue facing tenants and working on a solution
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