Chancellor quit calls over rental property scandal

RACHEL Reeves faces growing calls to resign for “breaking the law” after renting out her family home without an essential licence.

- By Jonathan Walker Whitehall Editor

licence before renting out her property in Dulwich, south east London, for £3,200 a month. The local authority, Southwark Council, has used powers available to it under the 2004 Housing Act to make a licence mandatory for landlords.

The Chancellor could also be forced to pay back £38,000 or even face criminal proceedings, after she admitted breaching housing rules that she herself championed.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was accused of “laughing in the face of the British public” as he attempted to downplay the breach, and refused to investigate on the grounds that Ms Reeves has apologised.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “If the Chancellor can’t even get on top of her own paperwork, how’s she going to get on top of the country’s paperwork?”

A Conservative spokesman said: “Rachel Reeves has broken the law and broken the ministerial code, but Keir Starmer is too weak to sack her.