Labour’s shadow chancellor has opened the door to rent caps, arguing they could be beneficial if brought in for local areas.
Labour has insisted ... a backlash from landlords. The introduction of rent caps would also raise the prospect that landlords who use their rental income as their pension face being unable to ...
Tenants in London pay the most – and in hotspot Kensington and Chelsea the average monthly rent has surged to £3,305. With no limit on how much a landlord can charge, tenants are under pressure ...
With no limit on how much a landlord can charge, tenants are under pressure to pay the higher rents or risk having to move out for someone who will.but others criticise the practice saying it can have ...
Nicola Sturgeon's SNP tried the party in Scotland, and the policy saw many landlords selling up. Labour has said that rent caps would not be a national policy if it gained power - but that local ...
A Labour government could bring in rent caps that would empower local councils to restrict annual rent increases by landlords. That’s a similar proposal to Scotland’s Housing Bill which has recently ...
Mainly because landlords have been selling up. “I’ve been saying for the best part of three years that the rental stock crisis would get worse and crank up ten-fold if rent caps were brought in by ...
Rachel Reeves has suggested that rent caps could be introduced in local ... the “destructive” policy signalled future actions under Labour. Councils are set to gain powers to double council ...