Tag: politics
Chancellor targets holiday lets in £300m tax crackdown
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a £300 million tax crackdown on second-home owners who rent out their properties to...
Lib Dems demand urgent Section 21 ‘no-fault’ ...
The Liberal Democrats are urging the government to act on its pledge to ban Section 21 no-fault evictions, as new data shows that homelessness...
Council leaders call for longer eviction notice periods t...
Council leaders from across the political spectrum have asked the housing secretary, Michael Gove, to support an amendment to the Renters...
‘Landlady’ Angela Rayner’s former counc...
Neighbours at Angela Rayner’s former council house have claimed that the Labour shadow housing secretary was its ‘landlady’...
Rayner hits back at ‘hypocrisy’ claims over R...
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has dismissed Tory accusations of hypocrisy over her use of the Right-to-Buy scheme, saying she...
UK’s housing crisis made worse by migration – MP
A Tory MP has claimed that the UK’s housing crisis is being aggravated by the post-Brexit migration system which sees tenants...
Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions ban sparks la...
While Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to end Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions before the next General Election,