With little or no savings to fall back on, 45% of private
renters in England could not afford to pay their rent for more than a month if
they lost their job, new research from Shelter shows. Surviving from one pay
cheque to the next, the Shelter and YouGov study found almost three million
private renters could be just one pay cheque away from losing their home. The
study shows the situation is particularly bleak for working families with children,
with some 760,000 renting families just one pay cheque away from losing their
home – with a job loss leaving 550,000 of these families immediately unable to
pay rent. Read more on 24housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
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