Angela Rayner Archives

Knight in crusader armour holding a sword, symbolising landlords battling rising PRS pressures and regulation.

Labour wants the keys to YOUR landlord properties

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd October 2026, 31 minutes ago | 0

Well, the cat is well and truly out of the bag. Burnham’s tears during his party conference speech should be...

Target showing Labour’s 1.5 million homes goal against a housing construction backdrop

Labour under fire as Angela Rayner admits ‘slim chance’ of delivering 1.5m homes pledge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2026, 2 weeks ago | 8

The Housing Secretary has admitted there is only a “slim chance” the government will meet its target of building 1.5...

Rent controls barrier in front of British terraced homes, house keys and a model property.

Legal experts say rent controls risk landlord exits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th August 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Landlords could face weaker returns and may be pushed towards selling if ministers reverse course and introduce rent controls in...

Andy Burnham holding a leasehold reform folder beside a window marked September, reflecting the bill’s possible First Reading

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Andy Burnham use it?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th August 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Article by Mark Chick, ALEP director and Senior Partner at Bishop & Sewell LLP At the time of writing, the...

New housing beside railway lines demonstrating plans for development near well-connected train stations

New planning rules aim to unlock thousands of homes near train stations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2026, 2 months ago | 4

The government has announced new planning reforms aimed at making it easier to build homes near train stations. Under the...

Rent freeze campaign graphic showing frozen rent sign, Housing Secretary Angela Rayner and Generation Rent postcard initiative.

Generation Rent rent freeze campaign targets Angela Rayner

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2026, 2 months ago | 5

Private renters are being encouraged to press new Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to bring in a rent freeze with a...

Why Angela Rayner’s return should worry landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th July 2026, 2 months ago | 14

The political carousel has spun once again to bring Angela Rayner back into government running England’s housing brief. That’s just...

Angela Rayner announces Labour’s plan to cut benefit payments to criminal landlords

Angela Rayner in shock return as housing secretary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2026, 2 months ago | 10

Angela Rayner has returned as housing secretary less than a year after resigning from the post over the stamp duty...

Prime Minister speaking beside a Renters’ Rights Act banner outside residential housing

Prime Minister and tenant groups celebrate Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2026, 4 months ago | 14

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

Angela Rayner outside HMRC offices as a missile labelled “HMRC Penalty” flies past, symbolising avoided fines

Experts question why Angela Rayner avoided stamp duty penalty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2026, 4 months ago | 12

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

Angela Rayner outside HMRC offices after being cleared of deliberate tax avoidance allegations

Angela Rayner claims she will avoid fine in stamp duty scandal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2026, 5 months ago | 15

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

Angela Rayner and Michael Gove discuss leasehold reform against a backdrop of the Houses of Parliament

Rayner and Gove attack ‘vested interests’ over leasehold reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2026, 7 months ago | 3

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

Council Tax on an empty property overnight?

Conservatives accuse Angela Rayner of dodging council tax on Westminster flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2025, 10 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 Steve Reed accused of blocking development despite pro-building stance

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2025, 1 year ago | 3

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

Angela Rayner walking toward an exit doorway after resignation as Housing Secretary

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

Author: [email protected]

5th September 2025, 1 year 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 waves goodbye in front of a note reading "time to say goodbye" after her resignation.

Angela Rayner resigns from government after stamp duty controversy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2025, 1 year ago | 6

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

Dog sitting on destroyed sofa with stuffing scattered, symbolizing pet damage concerns for landlords

Pet charity warns landlords may reject pets after insurance amendment

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2025, 1 year ago | 4

A pet charity has warned a government amendment to remove the right for landlords to require pet damage insurance will...

Angela Rayner, deputy PM, interviewed on Sky News about not paying stamp duty

Deputy PM Angela Rayner admits to underpaying stamp duty on flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 1 year ago | 39

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

Angela Rayner wearing a "Vote Labour" necklace standing in front of a campaign bus.

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th August 2025, 1 year 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 next to houses stacked up with a pile of money

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2025, 1 year ago | 14

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

Dog on chair looking out on a blacony with leasehold flats in background

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 1 year ago | 2

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

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