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The state of UK housing - private rents too dear

poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite

16 June 2011 at 9:44AM in House buying, renting & selling

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003995/Former-minister-Frank-Dobson-afford-private-rent-66k.html

(Apologies to all for the daily wail link)

The MP for Holborn and St Pancras says he ‘does not know’ exactly how much rent he pays to Camden Council in North London for the property he has lived in since becoming an MP in 1979.

I just can't afford private rent, says council tenant former minister on £66,000 salary

(Will he also get a pension as he's 71?)

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