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Frances Mao

Rachel Reeves admits breaking rules by renting out her house without a licence

Rachel Reeves outside her current home, 11 Downing Street. She put her family home in Southwark up for rent last year.
Rachel Reeves outside her current home, 11 Downing Street. She put her family home in Southwark up for rent last year. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images

Rachel Reeves has admitted to “inadvertently” breaking housing rules by renting out her south London home without the specific £945 licence required by the local council.

The chancellor admitted the error to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, and to parliamentary ethics officers, after it was first disclosed by the Daily Mail.

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