Labour’s shadow chancellor has opened the door to rent caps, arguing they could be beneficial if brought in for local areas.
Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has said she is in favour of councils having the power to cap rents ... that the “war on landlords” will persist under Labour, with owners having already ...
Labour could allow local councils to to cap rents in their areas, Rachel Reeves has hinted - but the shadow chancellor has ...
High interest rates on buy to let mortgages and changes to taxes mean that renting properties is no longer a guarantee of a ...
These include a ‘double lock’ cap on rent ... from ‘soaring rents’ but would also ‘bolster security for landlords’. But his report doesn’t go as far as some campaign groups would like, rejecting ‘rent ...
Rachel Reeves has suggested that rent caps could be introduced in local ... the “destructive” policy signalled future actions under Labour. Councils are set to gain powers to double council ...
Labour has welcomed ... no rules about what a landlord can charge or how sharply they can increase rents over time. The Scottish government last March voted to cap rent increases on sitting ...
It was commissioned by Labour MP Lisa Nandy when she was shadow housing secretary. However the official party spokesperson seems to have indicated to The Guardian that the report is not any part of ...
This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association ... This doesn’t include the ...