If they were just preying on the working class, that would be fine and dandy...

Via MBK, The Times on stomach churning top form:

Runaway house prices are forcing hundreds of thousands of middle-class families into the hands of rogue landlords, a study has found.

More than 200,000 households earning more than £30,000 a year are renting homes with a “category 1” hazard, which can include rat infestations, unsafe electrics, cold and damp, according to a report by the Citizens Advice charity and the New Policy Institute think tank.

Almost 130,000 of these households earn more than £40,000, suggesting that the blight of rogue landlords is not exclusive to those at the bottom of the social ladder…

The Times channels The Daily Mail

Emailed in by MBK from The Times:

A millionaire lawyer who jumped in front of a tube train was racked by guilt that she “hadn’t been a good enough mother”, an inquest heard.

Sarah Johnson, who lived in a £12.5 million mansion in an exclusive area of London with her husband, a banker, and three young children, died in April this year.