Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Tory benefit blunder leaves government with £1bn bill

Conservative ministers have today revealed that the number of people affected by the infamous ESA blunder has more than doubled. Last year it emerged that some 70,000 people had been underpaid the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for up to 6 years. But now the Department of Work and Pensions...

Air cleaning car takes to London’s most polluted streets

One of the world’s most environmentally-friendly cars arrived in the UK today - to help clean up London’s most polluted streets. Research from University College London (UCL) identified the capital’s dirtiest roads – which contain high levels of pollutants including Nitrogen Oxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter (PM). They did this...

Night running returns with urban street event  

Night running was put back on the agenda last week as fitness fanatics led by extreme ultra athlete Brett Horton took to the streets of London to participate in the UK’s first street fitness community. BBC 1Xtra DJ Melody Kane joined runners on a party rickshaw decked out with full...

Universal Credit has forced women into sex work, MP warns

MP Frank Field has warned that the government’s flagship welfare project is driving women into the sex trade as opposition to Universal Credit continues to mount.   In a nod to I, Daniel Blake he said women in his Birkenhead constituency are taking to the red light district for the...

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