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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jake Meeus-Jones & John Bett

'I rent hubby out to do odd jobs for women - he's booked up for weeks at £40 a pop'

A savvy woman has started renting out her husband to other women for £40 a pop - so he can do odd jobs for them. Mum -of-three Laura Young, 38, listened to a podcast about a man who made a living putting flat pack furniture together for people and had a Eureka moment.

She thought that her husband, James, could do the same thing too - so she started offering out his services for £40 a time, advertising his skills on Facebook and the Nextdoor app. Now James is booked up for weeks and the Young family are raking it in.

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