Twenty years ago, when I first returned to my native California from New York City, I tapped out a letter to the Food editor ...

The landlord bought his block of 15 flats in March ... spending 40% of his income just to keep a roof over his head. 30% is considered affordable. The median price of rent is higher than this ...

"As with so many other things with the NHS - there just isn't enough funding," he says. "I work privately and it's a business for me, but equally it is medicine and you do want people to benefit ...