Vicky Spratt
vickyspratt.bsky.social
Vicky Spratt
@vickyspratt.bsky.social
Housing & Society Correspondent at The i Paper
Author of TENANTS (2022) & We Were Prommised The Moon (2026)
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This week, I look at graduate wages in relation to house prices and ask whether it's still worth going to university?

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How the £22k minimum wage caught up with graduate jobs
Young 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...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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There'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'.
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The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forwards
New government funding will support the development of tens of thousands of socially rented homes a year. Plus, the descent of Assent
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November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Council tax is...failing councils! My analysis @theipaper.com

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Should council tax be abolished? A renter, estate agent and politics expert respond
The tax is seen as outdated and unfair
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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My 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)...

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Want better public services? It's time to accept taxes may need to rise
Rachel Reeves is expected to break Labour's key manifesto promise and increase income tax
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November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM