Lettings agency takes blame in Rachel Reeves licence row

31 October 2025 Vanshika

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Agency says staff member offered to apply for licence to allow chancellor to rent out family home, but failed to do soKeir Starmer appears to have escaped the huge political damage of potentially losing his chancellor weeks before the budget, after 24 hours of intense scrutiny over whether Rachel Reeves broke the law when she rented out her family home.The Conservatives said Reeves must be sacked if she committed an offence by not obtaining a council licence before letting out her four-bedroom house in south London when the family moved into 11 Downing Street. No 10 was initially unable to explain why Starmer believed an apology from the chancellor was sufficient. Continue reading…

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