It’s believed that Harvey & Wheeler, a long-established Dulwich property and letting company, is the corporate concerned with the property on the coronary heart of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ unlicensed residence controversy, having just lately marketed the property to let.
Reeves admitted final night time that her Dulwich residence was rented out with out the selective licence required by Southwark Council, describing the oversight as “an inadvertent mistake.” The property was marketed at an asking lease of £3,200 a month whereas Reeves resided at 11 Downing Road.
There is no such thing as a proof to counsel that Harvey & Wheeler acted improperly or with out due diligence, however the extent of the company’s involvement can’t be verified, because it declined to remark when approached this morning by Property Business Eye.
There is no such thing as a suggestion of wrongdoing on the corporate’s half.
Conservative Get together chair Kevin Hollinrake has seized on the controversy, resharing a tweet by the chancellor wherein she publicly supported the growth of landlord licensing guidelines in Leeds, her residence constituency.
Reeves tweeted final week: “I welcome Leeds Metropolis Council’s resolution to broaden their selective landlord licencing coverage to incorporate the Armley space. Whereas many non-public landlords function in the correct means, we all know that a number of non-public tenants in Armley face issues with poorly maintained housing.”
Following the invention of the error yesterday, Reeves reported the matter to the prime minister’s impartial ethics adviser and wrote a letter of apology to Sir Keir Starmer, admitting the oversight.
After consulting the adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, the PM stated that the chancellor’s apology was “enough” and that no additional motion could be taken.
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