Mummy buys student flats

I think it's known as 'doing a Cherie' following on from the Blairs dubious flat buying escapades in Bristol a few years back.

Apparently she's done it again, Cherie's latest purchase, of a £975,000 maisonette in west London is for the Blairs 22-year-old daughter Kathryn whose starting at King's College London.

The Telegraph looks at the trend for costly apartments bought by mummy and daddy to help Timmy and Tabatha and their mates get some decent accommodation without having to deal with those slimy landlords.

Please don't buy his book the thought of the grinning idiot getting his blood stained mitts on any more of our money............ I'm not talking about Stalin, he wasn't known for been a big smiler, but quite a joker apparently.

Read the Telegraphs tips for buying for your student offspring