NCTJ journalist working in telly 📺 | current affairs & documentary unit @ITV | consumer rights & factual entertainment @bbcstudios 🦋
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Joined March 2012
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A reminder.
The latest HMRC figures show that in 2023–24:
30,400 estates paid inheritance tax
That was 4.72% of UK deaths—fewer than one in twenty
Therefore, roughly 95% of estates paid none.
We’re talking about a tax which affects only the wealthiest estates.
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Incredibly sad. One thing I think about a lot as a journalist who writes about some challenging issues is that while it can be uncomfortable and awkward to ask people for proof / documentation and to trust your gut when something seems too extreme to be real, you’re ultimately not just protecting yourself and your own credibility — you’re protecting your subjects and sources, too. If those elevating Arday had done that, this story wouldn’t just have had a very different ending; it never would have been a story at all.
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Social housing in London has taken a lot of heat on twitter this weekend.
Are social renters disproportionately economically inactive people? (Who should be moved / encouraged out of the capital to make way for productive young professionals?)
Wanted to look into the numbers ⬇️
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Like this clip ruined my day.
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How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries?
Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, @fincarterr reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
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If you're interested in the ways that europeans (and later Americans) exploited & devastated Latin America, this is one of the most important books of all time. Galeano is a hero of mine, and a huge influence on my work, and this is a classic I've studied many times.
