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Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze

globalApril 29, 2026
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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 10Senior ministers have poured scorn on the idea of freezing private sector rents for a y
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Housing secretary and housing minister latest to criticise idea, which has also been ruled out by No 10

Senior 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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Source: Guardian - World News

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