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Labour’s shadow housing secretary promises to wage war on holiday let...
Labour has vowed to introduce licensing for holiday lets to preserve the spirit of coastal and rural communities.
Shadow...
Labour burns its bridges with landlords with call to speed up...
Labour’s housing spokesman in Scotland has called on its government to bring in rent controls to stop landlords hiking up prices before...
Labour reshuffle: Shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell replaced by Lisa Nandy
Labour leader Kier Starmer’s chaotic reshuffle has included giving housing spokesperson Lucy Powell the new job of shadow Digital, Culture, Media and...
BREAKING: New Welsh alliance to force through rent controls
Rent controls have become a step nearer in Wales following the country’s two main political parties revealed plans to form a ‘lite’...
Landlords slam former Labour shadow chancellor’s ‘rent freeze’ proposal
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has called for a year-long rent freeze to combat rising energy bills and the universal credit payment...
Labour conference: big on landlord bashing, thin on new ideas for...
Shadow housing minister Lucy Powell (pictured) set out Labour’s stall at its conference in Brighton yesterday, presenting it as the ‘party of...
Are building contractors milking the cladding scandal?
While leaseholders contemplate bankruptcy, there is growing evidence that contractors are “milking” the situation to their own...
LATEST: Labour seeks MPs support for specific ‘sex for rent’ law
Labour has called on parliament to back its new plans to make Landlords asking for ‘sex in lieu of rent’ a specific...
Ground rent reform bill is a huge ‘missed opportunity’ says shadow...
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill going through parliament is a missed opportunity to transform a leasehold sector that continues to scam...
MPs slap down Labour attempt to cancel ‘perverse’ SDLT holiday for...
An attempt by Labour to have the stamp duty holiday cancelled for landlords has been heavily defeated in the Commons.