Tag: Angela Rayner

Prime Minister and tenant groups celebrate Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2026, 2 weeks ago | 14

The Prime Minister claimed the new renters’ rights laws would “rip up the status quo” as tenant groups and politicians...

Experts question why Angela Rayner avoided stamp duty penalty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2026, 2 weeks ago | 12

The stamp duty scandal involving Angela Rayner has prompted questions from industry experts over how she was able to avoid...

Angela Rayner claims she will avoid fine in stamp duty scandal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2026, 3 weeks ago | 15

Angela Rayner claims she has been “exonerated by HMRC of deliberately avoiding tax” and does not need to pay a...

Rayner and Gove attack ‘vested interests’ over leasehold reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2026, 3 months ago | 3

Two former housing secretaries have slammed the “vested interests of freeholders” over their response to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform...

Conservatives accuse Angela Rayner of dodging council tax on Westminster flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2025, 6 months ago | 3

Angela Rayner has come under fire for avoiding the council tax surcharge on her Westminster flat while serving as Housing...

Housing Secretary accused of hypocrisy over blocking flats in his own constituency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2025, 8 months ago | 3

Despite the Housing Secretary’s mantra of “build, baby, build,” the Telegraph reveals Steve Reed tried to block a housing development...

Rayner resigns over stamp duty scandal before she abolishes Section 21 evictions

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5th September 2025, 9 months ago | 5

They say a week is a long time in politics. In Angela Rayner’s case, that was certainly true this week,...

Angela Rayner resigns from government after stamp duty controversy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2025, 9 months ago | 6

Angela Rayner has resigned from government as Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. Her resignation comes after she admitted to...

Deputy PM Angela Rayner admits to underpaying stamp duty on flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 9 months ago | 39

Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing secretary, has confessed to underpaying stamp duty on a Hove flat purchase,...

Angela Rayner ‘dodged’ £40,000 Stamp Duty bill on new flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th August 2025, 9 months ago | 15

The Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, has come under fire after allegedly ‘dodging’ £40,000 in stamp duty on an £800,000...

Angela Rayner faces hypocrisy claims over £800,000 seaside flat purchase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2025, 9 months ago | 14

Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy prime minister and housing secretary, has sparked controversy after purchasing a three-bedroom seaside flat in Hove...

Tories slam Labour’s housing pledge as government hints at pet reforms for leaseholders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 11 months ago | 2

Conservative MPs have slammed Labour for their “unrealistic housing targets of 1.5 million homes.” Despite being a manifesto commitment to...

Angela Rayner is not living in the real world?

Author: Readers Question

16th July 2025, 11 months ago | 10

Angela Rayner is not living in the real world. I have several North East properties and am considered a very...

Oh dear, Angela Rayner. What can landlords do to help you on LHA?

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th July 2025, 11 months ago | 13

As Ronan Keating once said: “You say it best, when you say nothing at all”,  Angela’s appearance in front of...

Angela Rayner accuses landlords of profiting from local housing allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th July 2025, 11 months ago | 44

Angela Rayner has rejected calls to unfreeze the local housing allowance (LHA) arguing that increasing LHA rates would simply funnel...

NRLA welcomes consultation to extend the Decent Homes Standard to the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd July 2025, 11 months ago | 16

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has welcomed a government consultation that would extend the Decent Homes Standard to the...

Social housing landlords must rehouse tenants under new Awaab’s Law rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th June 2025, 11 months ago | 6

Awaab’s Law will require social housing landlords to provide and pay for alternative accommodation if a tenant’s home cannot be...

Speculation mounts over Angela Rayner’s future as Housing Secretary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Rumours are swirling about Angela Rayner losing her job as Housing Secretary. In the Sky News podcast Politics at Sam...

Right-to-Buy sales set to reach highest level in 20 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2025, 1 year ago | 5

The number of council homes being sold under the Right-to-Buy scheme is set to hit its highest level in two...

Sadiq Khan proposes building on green belt to tackle London housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Building on green belt land will fix the housing crisis in the capital, claims London Mayor Sadiq Khan. London Mayor...