An article in the Observer today ‘Banks exploiting obscure law to raid accounts and recover debts‘ prompts me to remind readers on housing benefit (HB), or landlords of tenants on housing benefits, of the advantages of using Credit Unions. If you find it difficult to keep your bank account under control, you are always at…






NLA gets Tory promise for direct payment of LHA to landlords
When speaking to Simon Gordon of the National Landlords Association (NLA) recently at the Landlord & Buy to Let Awards dinner, he was telling me about their lobbying work, and how they attend all of the party conferences. Well it seems as if all this has paid off as the conservative party have now announced…