The concierge trick: How Birmingham became the epicentre of a housing scandal
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Olivia Lee
Olivia Lee is a data journalist who trained at Birmingham City University. Before joining The Dispatch, she investigated disgraced tech entrepreneur Julie Meyer for the Guardian.
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