Summary
Are the under 30s facing a cost-of-renting crisis?
New BBC research has found that four in 10 of this age group are now spending more than 30% of their pay on rent. Adam is joined by Victoria Spratt, author of Tenants, and Adam Shaw from Radio 4’s Money Box Live.
Also, pollution warnings were put in place on 40 beaches across England and Wales this week, after flash flooding overwhelmed sewage systems. Friend of the pod Emma Vardy fills us in.
Today’s episode was made by Tim Walklate with Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, now you know when we do an anniversary, |
| 0:07.2 | I go straight to the internet and find out what material it is. |
| 0:11.3 | And so the anniversary is 20 years. |
| 0:14.4 | The material is platinum. |
| 0:16.8 | And the lucky anniversary celebrator is Radio One Extra, |
| 0:22.6 | which is celebrating 20 years since it launched. |
| 0:24.9 | And we can talk now to Nadia J, |
| 0:26.6 | who wakes up all one extra listeners with the breakfast show. |
| 0:29.6 | Hello. |
| 0:30.6 | Hi, how are you? |
| 0:31.8 | Good thanks. |
| 0:32.4 | Happy platinum anniversary. |
| 0:34.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:34.9 | How are you celebrating it? |
| 0:36.9 | We've been celebrating it. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm absolutely knackered now. |
| 0:40.3 | We did have an amazing birthday party on the Tuesday, |
| 0:43.6 | which is the actual day that One Extra had launched 20 years ago. |
| 0:48.3 | And honestly, I thought it was going to be really nice, |
| 0:50.4 | get together and it ended up being like a mini carnival festival. |
| 0:53.3 | It was just insane. |
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