Rent Freeze

• 住房大臣和住房部部长成为最新批评该主张的人员，唐宁街 10 号此前也已排除了这一可能。 • 在《卫报》披露 Rachel Reeves 正在考虑冻结私营部门租金一年之后不到 48 小时，多位高级部长对该想法表示不屑。 • 住房大臣 Steve Reed 和住房部长 Matthew Pennycook 成为最新公开批评该主张的政府官员，而唐宁街 10 号随后已将其否定。阅读更多...

Downing Street says focus to remains on cutting bills, backing renters and lowering energy pricesDowning Street has dismissed a freeze on private sector rents even as Rachel Reeves left the door open to the idea, after the Guardian revealed the chancellor has been considering it as an option to cut the cost of living.A No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday freezing private sector rents was “not the approach we will be taking” after sources told the Guardian it was Reeves’s preferred solution for dealing with a spike in housing costs in the wake of the Iran war. Continue reading...

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock ExchangeRachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war falloutBusiness live – latest updatesShares in some of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders such as Paragon and One Savings Bank have fallen after it emerged that the chancellor may make private landlords commit to a one-year rent freeze.In an effort to protect households from rising living costs as a result of the Iran war, Rachel Reeves is considering whether to ban landlords in England from increasing rents for a limited period of time, the Guardian revealed on Monday night. Continue reading...