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.

Frozen dead horse found dumped in woodland

A teenage girl was horrified when she found a dead horse was found dumped on a lane - frozen solid. Emily Standen was walking home when she came across the black and white horse that was frozen to the lane - and has been trying to track down the owners...

Cash strapped hospital forced to scrap healthy eating option

A crisis-hit NHS trust has been forced to stop serving salads to patients because hospitals can no longer afford them. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust scrapped the healthy food option after telling suppliers they are so much in debt they cannot pay them until April. A leaked memo revealed how...

Hammond’s comments confirm that we voted for Brexit blind

Phillip Hammond's comments this week that Britain could change its economic model after Brexit negotiations have confirmed once and for all that we made the vote to leave the European Union completely blind. Talking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag he unleashed a thinly veiled threat that Britain could use its corporate tax...

The garage doors in Midsummer Avenue, Hounslow. See SWNS story SWGARAGES3; Councils in London could build more than 16,000 homes by using space taken up by the unused or rundown garages it owns, according to new research. A study of local authority-owned lock-ups revealed 24 councils own 53,640 garages in the capital - with 41 per cent empty or in disrepair. Demolishing the garages and replacing them with affordable one-bedroom flats could go someway to solving the London housing crisis, where the average home now costs £475,000.  The figures were revealed in a Freedom of Information request by property crowdfunding platform Property Partner. Researchers at property firm calculated the total square footage of 22,000 council-owned empty garages in London was more than eight million. If these garages were replaced with developments made up of 500 sq/ft flats, it is estimated 16,000 affordable homes could be built. The London Assembly says the capital needs between 49,000 and 80,000 homes per year to cope with the projected population growth of a million in the next ten years.

London garage space could free up room for 16,000 new homes

More than 16,000 new homes could be built across London on land occupied by unused or rundown garages owned by councils, according to new research. A study of local authority-owned lock-ups in the capital revealed 24 councils own a total of 53,640 - with 41 per cent empty or in...

Southern Fail: Recruitment drive goes horribly wrong

Southern Rail hit the headlines this weekend saying it is recruiting over 200 new trainee drivers to avoid the strike chaos, only for ASLEF to welcome them in to the union! The much maligned Southern Rail hoped to reduce the reliance on overtime working and minimise disruption by recruiting over 200...

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“Dramatic rise” in low paid men working part time

New figures have revealed a dramatic rise in low paid men working part time. The Institute of Fiscal Studies report found  one in five men aged 25 to 55 worked part-time with low hourly wages today, compared to just one in 20 of this group 20 years ago. CV-Library figures revealed similarly unsettling...

Do prisons create a deterrent to crime?

The case of Anders Breivik against the Norwegian government has ruffled a lot of feathers this week. The man who massacred 77 people in 2011 may not only have a case about "inhuman and degrading" treatment under the European Convention of Human Rights, but could also force the government to pay his legal costs...

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