Rent Freeze

• 住房大臣與住房部長成為最新批評該構思的人士，唐寧街 10 號（No 10）隨後地排除了此方案。 • 在《衛報》（Guardian）披露 Rachel Reeves 正考慮凍結私營部門租金一年後，不到 48 小時，資深部長們便對此想法表示不屑。 • 住房大臣 Steve Reed 與住房大臣 Matthew Pennycook 成為最新批評此舉的政府領袖，而該計劃隨後已被 No 10 否決。繼續閱讀...

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...