38 h. ago After Rachel Reeves' rental licence misstep, here's what ALL landlords need to know

There are more than 180 laws landlords must obey - and not doing so can result in paying huge sums back to tenants or even a prison sentence.

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40 h. ago Revealed: The emails at the centre of the Rachel Reeves housing law breach furore

Emails between the Chancellor’s husband and a letting agency show they were made aware that a licence would be needed to rent out their family home in Dulwich

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49 h. ago The email trail that blows Rachel Reeves's defence to pieces, after she admitted she knew she needed a rental licence

On Wednesday, the Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor (pictured) failed to obtain a selective licence when she placed her family home in Dulwich, south London, on the rental market last year.

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50 h. ago I created the viral AI Rachel Reeves rap video after she broke housing rules

The video was shared on social media just three hours after the Daily Mail revealed the Labour minister had failed to obtain a rental licence before placing her home on the market.

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51 h. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke rental law

There were growing calls for the Chancellor to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

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51 h. ago Starmer clears Reeves over ‘inadvertent’ failure to obtain rental licence

The Prime Minister said he was taking no action against the Chancellor after her estate agent took the blame.

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52 h. ago Rachel Reeves faces no further action over failure to obtain rental licence

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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53 h. ago Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as she admits she DID know she needed a licence after Daily Mail revealed the Chancellor broke the law over house rental

The Chancellor was on the ropes with calls for her to be sacked following an extraordinary day of contradictory statements.

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56 h. ago Rachel Reeves latest: Key emails from estate agent in chancellor’s rental licence row published

The PM is thought to have become aware of the messages on Thursday

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57 h. ago Estate agents used by Reeves did not apply for licence on her behalf as agreed

The Chancellor admitted to mistakenly breaching housing rules by failing to obtain a rental licence for her family home

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57 h. ago Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – UK politics live

No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves’ husband and letting agentRachel Reeves’ rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV’s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the rental licence error. He explains why in a post on social media. Here is an extract.Kemi Badenoch’s call for Starmer to sack Reeves, for failing to register her family home when she rented it on moving to Downing Street, lowers the bar quite significantly for sackable offences by ministers. I am not certain all her shadow cabinet colleagues will thank her.The point is that there is a clear distinction between Rayner’s failure to take stamp duty advice and Reeves’s failure to register her home with the council for rent. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Rachel Reeves latest: Estate agent apologises over failure to apply for rental licence for chancellor

The PM is thought to have become aware of the messages on Thursday

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57 h. ago Rachel Reeves now backtracks and says she WAS told she needed a rental licence for her family home as threat of ethics probe reopens

It came amid claims the Chancellor could be forced to hand back tens of thousands of pounds to tenants after renting out her family home without a rental licence.

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58 h. ago Rachel Reeves gets apology from estate agents for rental licence 'oversight'

It comes after Tory MPs demanded a full-blown probe and Rachel Reeves to be sacked as Chancellor for failing to obtain a licence to rent out her family home in Dulwich

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59 h. ago Rachel Reeves's husband emails to be published today amid rental house licence row

Downing Street insisted that the Prime Minister still retains confidence in his Chancellor and guaranteed Ms Reeves will deliver the Budget on November 26

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60 h. ago Rental licensing rules explained after Rachel Reeves’ property error

Here are the rules and the possible consequences of not having the right licence

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62 h. ago No 10 refuses to say if Rachel Reeves broke Ministerial Code over rental licence

Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to draw a line under the row surrounding the Chancellor’s breach of local housing rules.

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63 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Keir Starmer right for refusing a full sleaze probe into Rachel Reeves' unlawful rental property?

Keir Starmer is once again battling allegations of sleaze within his own ranks after his Chancellor failed to obtain a required landlord licence before renting out her London home.

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68 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer says 'no investigation needed' into Rachel Reeves' rental rule break

The Chancellor admitted to Sir Keir she did not obtain the required "selective" rental licence for her south London home

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69 h. ago Rachel Reeves apologises for London rental rules breach as Tories demand she is sacked

Chancellor admits she did not obtain the required ‘selective’ rental licence for her East Dulwich home when she moved into No 11 Downing Street

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