Tag: labour party

Generation Rent hits out at Labour’s ‘Freedom to Buy’ initiative

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th June 2024, 2 years ago | 11

Generation Rent has criticised Labour’s newly announced ‘Freedom to Buy’ initiative which aims to help more than 80,000 young adults...

HMRC clears Angela Rayner of council house tax allegations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2024, 2 years ago | 5

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has cleared Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner of not paying capital gains tax (CGT) when...

Propertymark questions Labour’s controversial PRS review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Propertymark is calling for more information from the Labour Party on its recent review of the private rented sector (PRS),...

Labour could bring in rent caps at a local level

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2024, 2 years ago | 9

A Labour government could bring in rent caps that would empower local councils to restrict annual rent increases by landlords....

Angela Rayner: Police reveal investigation into council house row

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th April 2024, 2 years ago | 27

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has revealed that investigations are underway into Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, following allegations of electoral...

Labour’s PRS review nears completion – ‘bold’ solutions promised

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2024, 2 years ago | 3

A comprehensive review of the private rented sector (PRS) which was commissioned by Labour, is nearing its conclusion, the website...

Landlords – Who gets your vote?

Author: Readers Question

3rd January 2024, 3 years ago | 116

Hi, Do landlords have a viable political home? It appears not. Historically the Conservative party has been the party of...

Scotland’s rent cap disaster – a warning to landlords and tenant groups everywhere

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2023, 3 years ago | 30

News this week that the rent cap in Scotland has led to higher rents will be a story ignored by...

Rayner’s no-nonsense warning to landlords using Section 21

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2023, 3 years ago | 30

Angela Rayner has accused landlords of using Section 21 “as an easy get-out to turf people out of their home.”...

Angela Rayner accuses Conservatives of neglecting housebuilding

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2023, 3 years ago | 18

Labour has promised “to achieve more on housing in six months than the Tories have in six years”. Shadow Housing...

A future Labour government = rocketing rent rises and landlord misery

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 23

And so, to the Labour Party conference where the sparkling wit and wisdom of Angela Rayner on the opening day...

NRLA urges Government to end LHA freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2023, 3 years ago | 7

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to lift the freeze on housing benefit rates, which...

Angela Rayner dodges landlord questions in LBC interview clash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th October 2023, 3 years ago | 42

In a feisty exchange on LBC, the Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner refused to comment on Labour’s plan for landlords....

Angela Rayner – Will rent controls and tax rises for landlords be on the agenda?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 13

The appointment of Angela Rayner by the Labour Party as Shadow Housing Secretary means that landlords might have a Jeremy...

Why Labour’s Renters Charter is a charter for disaster

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th July 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Labour appears to be flirting with the idea of rent controls or capping rent rises and tightening up on the...

Labour supports ‘Right to buy’ – but not in Wales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2022, 4 years ago | 1

In an interview with iNews, the Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour supports a council house tenant’s right to...