A First-Time Buyer Scheme Is Coming. I Did the Deposit Sums Again and Had a Lie Down
The property portals say the government’s plan could work, and I have been saving for six years, so I worked…
They Cut My Electricity Bill in July. In January It Goes Up Sixteen Percent
A tenant’s guide to a winter in which the good news and the bad news about energy arrive three months…
Can You Live in London on 35,000 Pounds? I Did the Sums So You Do Not Have To
A salary that sounds respectable anywhere else in Britain becomes a monthly exercise in subtraction once the rent has gone…
Everyone I Know Has a Second Job, and the Vacancies Are Drying Up
Job postings are down and graduates are struggling, and in a city where one wage does not cover the rent…
No More No-Fault Evictions: Five Months of the Renters’ Rights Act, From a Tenant’s Chair
The biggest change to renting in a generation came into force in May, and whether it works depends on councils…
The Six Pound Fifty Pint: A Budgeter’s Lament for the London Pub
When a round for four costs more than a weekly shop used to, the local stops being a habit and…
Broke in the Big Smoke While the Royals Row Over Estates
Londoners juggling rent, bills and a two-hour commute have been following a family feud conducted between palaces, and the contrast…
The London Pub as Peace Talks: Why Every Family Feud Should End at the Bar
If the royal brothers want to reconcile, they could do worse than a North London boozer on a Tuesday night,…
Christmas Is Coming and Somebody Is Not Speaking: A London Guide to Festive Family Logistics
As autumn sets in, Londoners start the annual negotiation over who hosts, who travels and who sits next to whom,…
What London Is Really Talking About: Royal Gossip on the Tube, at the Office and in the Queue
A week of eavesdropping on the Northern line suggests the royal traitor story has reached every corner of the capital,…
