Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing |
Wednesday 29 April 2026 5:49 am | Updated: Tuesday 28 April 2026 6:09 pm
Rent controls: The left hand doesn’t know what the far-left hand is doing
By: Christian May
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Add as a preferred source on GoogleRachel Reeves has been flirting with rent controls. Carl Court/PA Wire
For just under 24 hours the residential landlord sector was seized by panic following reports that first appeared on Monday night that the Chancellor was preparing to impose a ‘temporary’ ban on rent increases.
The policy of rent controls was hitherto the preserve of the Green Party and Labour’s loony left, but then came reports that the Treasury was preparing to intervene to help renters during a........