
Labour Supports & Opposes Housing Rent Controls
Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs housing rent controls & other rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP close to party leader Sir Kier Starmer and also Labour’s campaigns manager, appeared to dismiss rent controls on a BBC interview with Laura Keunnsberg. Mahmood described a rent freeze as a mere tweak which “wouldn’t get to the heart of the problem” which…