Pressure has mounted after prime minister Keir Starmer said that chancellor Rachel Reeves will not face an investigation after she failed to obtain the correct licence for a rental property.
Reeves admitted to and apologised for the "inadvertent mistake" that saw her fail to meet licensing requirements for a property in the Dulwich Wood ward of Southwark Council. "Regrettably, we were not aware that a licence was necessary, and so we did not obtain the licence before letting the property out," Reeves stated in a letter to Starmer dated 29 October. The chancellor took "immediate action" on identifying the issue affecting a property that is declared on the Members' Register of Interests, her letter set out. In his response, dated 29 October, Starmer confirmed that he had...
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