Reeves rent freeze: How did Chancellor turn to a Mamdani-style policy controversy?

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Reports of plans in Downing Street for a rent freeze came as a shock after a housing minister said Labour opposes the policy.

Felix Armstrong explores why rent controls stoke so much controversy, from New York to Sweden.

Rumours that Rachel Reeves is considering slapping a freeze on private rents shocked the property market on https://www.cityam.com/reeves-rumoured-rent-freeze-how-did-chancellor-turn-to-a-mamdani-style-policy-controversy/">[...]

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