Tag: Housing Secretary

Conservatives accuse Angela Rayner of dodging council tax on Westminster flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2025, 3 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 hits back at Green Party over call to abolish landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2025, 4 months ago | 7

The Housing Secretary has slammed the Green Party for calling for the abolition of landlords. Steve Reed said he had...

Steve Reed announced as new Housing Secretary

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8th September 2025, 6 months ago | 22

In the ever-revolving door of Housing Secretaries, Steve Reed has become the 12th person to take on the role since...

Deputy PM Angela Rayner admits to underpaying stamp duty on flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 6 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, 7 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 accuses landlords of profiting from local housing allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th July 2025, 8 months ago | 44

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

Speculation mounts over Angela Rayner’s future as Housing Secretary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2025, 10 months ago | 14

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

Angela Rayner slams Section 21 evictions as cause of homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2025, 1 year ago | 59

Angela Rayner claims the Labour government want to work with landlords, but blames Section 21 evictions for having a significant...

Matthew Pennycook appointed as Labour’s Housing Minister

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8th July 2024, 2 years ago | 22

Matthew Pennycook is Labour’s new housing minister, following Angela Rayner’s appointment as Housing Secretary and deputy leader. He is the...

Awaab’s Law: Government announces crackdown on unsafe social housing

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9th January 2024, 2 years ago | 3

The Government has unveiled new plans to crack down on unsafe social housing to protect tenants in support of its...

No talk of Renters’ Reform Bill in Michael Gove’s speech to conference

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4th October 2023, 2 years ago | 0

In a speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Michael Gove made no mention of the Private Rented Sector or the...

Michael Gove names and shames ‘failure’ social housing landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The Housing Secretary Michael Gove has written public letters to 13 leading social housing landlords, including Notting Hill, Hyde and...