Reposted by Vicky SprattBen Chu @benchu.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Many thanks to @vickyspratt.bsky.social for this lovely recommendation of my series "The Tax Conundrum" on BBC Sounds... inews.co.uk/opinion/22k-... 241
Reposted by Vicky SprattJosh Ryan-Collins @jryancollins.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Hear my diagnosis of the drivers of the UK housing crisis on this excellent new BBC Radio 4 program led by @vickyspratt.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukHousing Britain - The Housing Ladder - BBC SoundsVicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it. 043
Reposted by Vicky SprattUCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 17/12/2025🏠 How and why has housing become unaffordable for so many? IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with @vickyspratt.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'Housing Britain' Series, elaborating on the drivers of the UK housing crisis. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ECcGroO 012
Reposted by Vicky SprattKathie Pollard @kplanning.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Excellent series (and reference to the housing theory of everything) @vickyspratt.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...bbc.co.ukBBC Sounds - Housing Britain - Available EpisodesListen to the latest episodes of Housing Britain on BBC Sounds. 131
Reposted by Vicky SprattEnd Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 01/01/2026"After watching what unfolded after Grenfell, with young people caught in starter homes they can’t sell while facing huge bills, why would anyone in their right mind want to buy a flat in a block?" ✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...inews.co.ukGhost flats are becoming Britain’s new housing crisisThousands of new flats are sitting empty and losing value – why do more luxury towers keep appearing? 065
Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025My @theipaper.com newsletter has relaunched It's now called: The State We're In This week, I look at graduate wages in relation to house prices and ask whether it's still worth going to university? inews.co.uk/opinion/22k-...inews.co.ukHow the £22k minimum wage caught up with graduate jobsYoung adults encouraged to go to university and get into debt to aid their economic advancement are finding that higher education was not a gilded doorway to a lucrative career - but a financial burde... 100
Reposted by Vicky SprattMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 12/11/2025There's no-one I trust more on contemporary housing policy than @peteapps.bsky.social. This is an important read: 'The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forward'. open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...open.substack.comThe new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forwardsNew government funding will support the development of tens of thousands of socially rented homes a year. Plus, the descent of Assent 21910
Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Council tax is...failing councils! My analysis @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/shou...inews.co.ukShould council tax be abolished? A renter, estate agent and politics expert respondThe tax is seen as outdated and unfair 000
Vicky Spratt @vickyspratt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025My weekly newsletter @theipaper.com is called The State We're In... In the latest edition, I look at why somebody has to pay more tax and it's probably you (a median earner)... inews.co.uk/opinion/taxe...inews.co.ukWant better public services? It's time to accept taxes may need to riseRachel Reeves is expected to break Labour's key manifesto promise and increase income tax 010
Reposted by Vicky SprattStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed. 1240770