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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

Sadiq Khan: leaseholders in England should have the right to withhold service charges

Sadiq Khan
London mayor Sadiq Khan said that residents were victims of an ‘abuse of power’ by landlords and freeholders. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Leaseholders hit with large and unjust service charges should have the right to refuse to pay up, Sadiq Khan has said, amid concerns that the government has backed away from its promises to boost the rights of tenants.

There are 1.4m leasehold properties in London, a quarter of all such properties in the country. The London mayor said that many of the residents affected were suffering from a “shameful abuse of power” by their landlords.

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