Channel 4 TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has described her empathy for co-host phil Spencer who recently had to lay off staff in his property business.

Speaking to The Sun Allsopp said: “I felt very sorry for him. He is a very decent person. We are such good friends. It’s rare to find someone who you get on with and with whom you have that kind of relationship,” she said.

“With a lot of people, there is a TV image and then there’s the real thing. But with Phil, you get what you see.”

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TV presenter Phil Spencer has said his property search company had been forced to downsize because of a slump in the housing market.

The Channel 4 property expert said his company, Garrington, had shut down its office in Knutsford, Cheshire, and made two members of staff redundant.

Phil told the Press Association that, “The property market has endured a 60% fall in activity over the last 12 months.”

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