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40,000 private renting tenants abducted by aliens in 2015…

11 August, 20161 Comments
Britain’s Benefit Tenants returned last night for a new series on Channel 4, with yet more tales from the sharp end of the benefits system. With council housing stock shrinking and home ownership gradually decreasing, more tenants than ever before are finding themselves on benefits. So with many falling into rent arrears, agencies specialising in housing benefits
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Britain's Weirdest Council Houses

Inside Britain’s weirdest council houses

12 February, 20160 Comments
A new one off documentary meets local authority housed tenants who have transformed homes into something rather extraordinary including a mock cruise ship, baked bean museum and a recreation of Sistine Chapel. Channel 4’s documentary, Britain’s Weirdest Council Houses meets council house tenants such as Robert Burns and Barry Kirk. Robert, is a former decorator
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Channel four presenter struck off council’s Landlord Register

21 October, 20140 Comments
Hugh Begbie of Channel 4’s “Four In A Bed” reality TV show has been struck off the council’s Landlord Register for failing to deal with ant-social tenants. The antisocial tenant, in Stevenston was convicted of growing cannabis in his property and inflicted anti-social behaviours on his neighbours. The licensing committee said he ignored letters from
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Are you being manipulated by backstreet ‘click farms’ ?

05 August, 20130 Comments
In a one hour special Channel 4 Dispatches goes undercover to investigate what’s real and what’s fake in the brave new online world. Broadcast Monday 5th August, film-maker Chris Atkins travels to Bangladesh in search of backstreet ‘click farms’ where poorly paid workers manipulate social media for the benefit of big western brands. CLICK HERE
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