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No 10 dismisses Reeves’s reported plan for freeze on private rents

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No 10 dismisses Reeves’s reported plan for freeze on private rents
Downing Street says focus will remain on cutting bills, backing renters and lowering energy pricesDowning Street has dismissed the idea of a freeze on private sector rents even as Rachel Ree
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Downing Street says focus will remain on cutting bills, backing renters and lowering energy prices

Downing Street has dismissed the idea of a freeze on private sector rents even as Rachel Reeves left the door open to such a move, after the Guardian revealed the chancellor has been considering it as an option to cut the cost of living.

A No 10 spokesperson said on Tuesday that freezing private sector rents was “not the approach we will be taking” after sources told the Guardian it was Reeves’s preferred solution for dealing with a spike in housing costs in the wake of the Iran war.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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