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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

What’s Labour’s answer to the leasehold nightmare? – with Barry Gardiner MP

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Problems with leaseholds have ruined lives across the UK. Labour has vowed to end the system, but how? And are its plans realistic? Labour MP Barry Gardiner has been campaigning against leasehold for decades and recently fronted a documentary exploring its major issues. He joins Hannah Fearn in The Bunker to discuss what his party plans to do about it?  Barry Gardiner’s documentary • “We have instances where people are paying £33k in ground rent a year… on top of their mortgage, it’s absolutely wicked!” – Barry Gardiner • “I know people who have committed suicide… you see the way the stress gets to people.” – Barry Gardiner www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Hannah Fearn. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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the scale and abject misery of the housing crisis is now an election issue

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But there is one aspect of it that if I'm completely honest I had not expected to make headlines in the way that it has.

1:26.0

And that's the vexed question of Leeshold.

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The Grenfell Tower Fire sparked a building safety crisis, leaving leaseholders trapped in homes that became worthless and uninsurable overnight.

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They also faced impossibly high service charges for improvement bills.

1:42.0

Now leaseholders an issue that's

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captured the public attention to and the government has been forced into some

1:47.4

action. One of the most active campaigners on this issue has been the Labour

1:51.1

MP Barry and he's here with me today.

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