Ruby Lott-Lavigna is the news and politics reporter for openDemocracy specialising in housing and inequalities.
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Published in: Home: NewsBlackout info sent to millions was ‘unrelated’ to energy crisis, say chiefsThe email from UK Power Networks was a ‘requirement’ of Ofgem and does not indicate an increased risk of power cuts
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Published in: Home: NewsLandlords urged to ‘take advantage’ of soaring rents in ‘grotesque’ emailA London estate agent said now is ‘the perfect time to expand portfolios’ as tenants are in ‘fierce competition’
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Published in: Home: News‘Catastrophic’ energy price rises will hit ethnic minorities hardestExclusive: Energy bills are throwing low-income families into debt shows new data as the price cap rises to £3,549
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Published in: Home: NewsLabour silent on calls for £15 minimum wage that would ‘change lives’The Trade Union Congress has demanded a minimum wage hike amid the ‘harshest wage squeeze in modern history’
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: UK private tenants hit by record annual rent hikesHousing campaigners warn that renters could be pushed into poverty and homelessness without evictions freeze