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Jack Kessler

OPINION - London rents hit record high – and worse may be to come

Given the 80,000 or so people who subscribe to West End Final, the law of averages suggests that, at minimum, half a dozen former housing ministers are reading this email.

Even prior to the Liz Truss experiment, Whitehall turnover was legendary. But few stats are as mind-blowing as the fact that the UK (or really England due to devolution) has churned through 15 housing ministers since 2010 and 24 since 1997.

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