Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze
Key takeaways
- There have been reports that the prime minister is planning to sack Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, after next month’s local elections.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleSenior ministers have poured scorn on the idea of freezing private sector rents for a year, less than 48 hours after the Guardian revealed Rachel Reeves was considering it.
- Steve Reed, the housing secretary, and Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, became the latest government figures to criticise the idea, which has since been ruled out by No 10.
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There have been reports that the prime minister is planning to sack Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, after next month’s local elections. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APView image in fullscreen There have been reports that the prime minister is planning to sack Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, after next month’s local elections. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APRachel Reeves Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze Housing secretary and housing minister latest to criticise idea, which has also been ruled out by No 10
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleSenior ministers have poured scorn on the idea of freezing private sector rents for a year, less than 48 hours after the Guardian revealed Rachel Reeves was considering it.
Steve Reed, the housing secretary, and Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, became the latest government figures to criticise the idea, which has since been ruled out by No 10.