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EXC Rachel Reeves has broken housing regulations by unlawfully renting out her family home without a licence after entering Downing Street: Chancellor faces ethics probe dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
No need to wait for Rachel Reeves to unveil her Budget to see what taxes are going up, as the OBR document has been accidentally released early
Reeves now says: 'Today the letting agency and my husband have found correspondence confirming that on 17th July 2024 the letting agent said to my husband that a Selective Licence would be required and agreed that the agency would apply for the licence on our behalf.'
Lettings agency involved in Rachel Reeves' rental arrangements says 'we alert all our clients to the need for a licence'... but Reeves said last night that 'we were not aware that a licence was necessary'
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After @HarriLine’s excellent scoop, No 10 is now in the perplexing position of refusing to say whether Keir Starmer or Laurie Magnus saw any proof from Rachel Reeves for her version of events over her rental licence, whether they believe she did or did not break the ministerial code, or whether she’d have to resign if she was fined for the breach, despite the PM’s belief that lawmakers cannot be lawbreakers. Southwark Council could levy a fine of up to £30k…
A spokesman for the PM repeatedly said the chancellor’s error was “inadvertent” and she did not know a licence was required.
But asked whether the PM, as a former DPP, thought ignorance of the law was a defence he said: “No.”
He said the PM was satisfied an apology was a “sufficient resolution”.
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DAILY MAIL: Reeves illegally rented out her own family home #TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Prime Minister must launch a full investigation.
He once said “lawmakers can’t be lawbreakers”.
If, as it appears, the Chancellor has broken the law, then he will have to show he has the backbone to act.
EXC Rachel Reeves has broken housing regulations by unlawfully renting out her family home without a licence after entering Downing Street: Chancellor faces ethics probe dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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Tuesday's MAIL: Threat of a mansion tax sparks house market chaos #TomorrowsPapersToday
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