Phil M
@phillm.bsky.social
Manc, council house lad. Army vet (RCT), ExFirefighter (GMFRS), Fire Engineer (IFE) & fire data researcher (Leeds Uni). Medically retired (Menière’s). Vertiginous, going deaf. Pioneered fire risk determination by building type. INFJ. ADHD. @HRRBFireSafety.
36 fatalities, 279 people are missing.
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At least 13 dead as fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
Firefighters are struggling to put out the flames and say they are unsure when the blaze will be fully contained.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
36 fatalities, 279 people are missing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The free house might have something to do with it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The free house might have something to do with it.
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And the £1 billion extra employment support results in 20,000 to 40,000 people getting into work by 2029/30. This is more pessimistic than our estimates at the time (45,000-95,000), which @learnworkuk.bsky.social produced for us: 3/3 learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...
Estimating the impacts of extra employment support for disabled people
learningandwork.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
And the £1 billion extra employment support results in 20,000 to 40,000 people getting into work by 2029/30. This is more pessimistic than our estimates at the time (45,000-95,000), which @learnworkuk.bsky.social produced for us: 3/3 learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...
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Cutting Universal Credit's health element means 750,000 new claimants by 2029/30 missing out on ~£3,000 a year, but OBR says this will lead to only a 26,000 rise in employment. That’s just 3% of people hit by this deep cut, with most simply being pulled into deeper hardship. 2/3
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Cutting Universal Credit's health element means 750,000 new claimants by 2029/30 missing out on ~£3,000 a year, but OBR says this will lead to only a 26,000 rise in employment. That’s just 3% of people hit by this deep cut, with most simply being pulled into deeper hardship. 2/3
Because you get a free house.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Because you get a free house.
Kinda?
You mean the 2007 crash?
You mean the 2007 crash?
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Kinda?
You mean the 2007 crash?
You mean the 2007 crash?
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I mean I understand why people become landlords, I really do. But let's not be silly about the fact that they are getting their tenants to pay hugely more than they'd pay as buyers so the landlord has a cosy income AND a very substantial future investment, and this is causing huge social problems.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I mean I understand why people become landlords, I really do. But let's not be silly about the fact that they are getting their tenants to pay hugely more than they'd pay as buyers so the landlord has a cosy income AND a very substantial future investment, and this is causing huge social problems.
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Oh come on.
4% return on rent - perhaps? But we aren't going to acknowledge that the value of that £600k London house is appreciating significantly every year, and that's the point of the investment?
We're really supposed to believe that landlords are living hand to mouth on the rent they get. 🤣
4% return on rent - perhaps? But we aren't going to acknowledge that the value of that £600k London house is appreciating significantly every year, and that's the point of the investment?
We're really supposed to believe that landlords are living hand to mouth on the rent they get. 🤣
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Oh come on.
4% return on rent - perhaps? But we aren't going to acknowledge that the value of that £600k London house is appreciating significantly every year, and that's the point of the investment?
We're really supposed to believe that landlords are living hand to mouth on the rent they get. 🤣
4% return on rent - perhaps? But we aren't going to acknowledge that the value of that £600k London house is appreciating significantly every year, and that's the point of the investment?
We're really supposed to believe that landlords are living hand to mouth on the rent they get. 🤣
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The number of MPs that are landlords is staggering, an obvious conflict of interest. Ever wondered why regulation of social housing is much more stringent than for private landlords?
www.independent.co.uk/politics/lab...
www.independent.co.uk/politics/lab...
Revealed: The landlord MPs raking in £830k a year in rent
The register of interests reveals that 83 MPs are also landlords, declaring at least £10,000 in rental income in the past year, while the Labour government pushes through its Renters’ Rights Bill
www.independent.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The number of MPs that are landlords is staggering, an obvious conflict of interest. Ever wondered why regulation of social housing is much more stringent than for private landlords?
www.independent.co.uk/politics/lab...
www.independent.co.uk/politics/lab...