A family of eight, including seven children all under the age of 16, have been forced to live in a cramped one-bed council flat. Cheryl Shaw and her six children have been living in the mould and damp-ridden property in Oldham, Greater Manchester, since last year. The property was originally given to her when sheContinue reading “A Family Of Eight Forced To Live In A One-Bed Council Flat”
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How Prefabs Came To Be
During the Second World War and the bombing of towns and cities, there became a despairing demand for housing. Over 200,000 homes were destroyed by aerial bombing attacks. So, it was decided that prefabricated houses, later known as prefabs would be the temporary answer until the country could return to constructing permanent homes with traditionalContinue reading “How Prefabs Came To Be”
What A Stressful Start To The Day!
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to gripe after Microsoft services including Outlook and Teams suffered an outage. The first issues were reported, with Microsoft saying that at about 9 am they isolated the problem to a networking configuration issue and were attempting to fix it without causing further impact to users. TheyContinue reading “What A Stressful Start To The Day!”
As A Result Of A Burst Water Main Flooding London Street, Thousands Are Without Water And Dozens Are Evacuated
Thousands of residents had been left without water while dozens vacated their homes on a dinghy after a burst water main flooded a London street, with further pipe ruptures that might have been possible as the Big Thaw kicked in following freezing temperatures. Eight fire engines and about 60 firefighters were summoned to Belsize RoadContinue reading “As A Result Of A Burst Water Main Flooding London Street, Thousands Are Without Water And Dozens Are Evacuated”
Our Homes Would Have Stayed Under The £80,000 Social Care Cap
Families have told of their suffering at losing their homes to pay for social care as Boris Johnson plans to unveil his tax invasion to fix the mess. The Prime Minister will today brace Britain for a manifesto busting £10 billion tax invasion as he defies critics by driving up national insurance on 25 millionContinue reading “Our Homes Would Have Stayed Under The £80,000 Social Care Cap”
Are We Heading For A Buy-To-Let Exodus?
The number of homes for rent in Britain could fall dramatically, as landlords leave the market thanks to higher taxes and more stringent rules. About a million landlords, more than a third of the total, will review their property holdings in the next year, according to the Nottingham Building Society, and the amount planning toContinue reading “Are We Heading For A Buy-To-Let Exodus?”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 