Tories Call For Investigation As Reeves Admits Rental 'mistake' - Beritaja

The Conservatives person called for an investigation aft Rachel Reeves put her family location up for rent without obtaining the basal licence.

The Daily Mail reported that the chancellor rented her family location successful Dulwich erstwhile she moved into Number 11 Downing Street, but was unaware she had to get a licence to do so.

Some London boroughs require backstage landlords to get a circumstantial benignant of licence if they are putting their spot up for rent - including Southwark Council, wherever Ms Reeves' location is listed.

The newspaper said Ms Reeves had now applied for a licence.

A spokesperson for Ms Reeves said: "Since becoming chancellor, Rachel Reeves has rented retired her family location done a lettings agency.

"She had not been made alert of the licensing requirement, but arsenic soon arsenic it was brought to her attention, she took contiguous action and has applied for the licence.

"This was an inadvertent correction and successful the tone of transparency, she has made the premier minister, the independent advisor connected ministerial standards and the parliamentary commissioner for standards aware."

It is understood that Sir Laurie Magnus, the morals adviser, has not launched an investigation into Ms Reeves.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer must motorboat a afloat investigation.

The improvement comes weeks earlier Ms Reeves delivers her fund connected 26 November.

She is rumoured to beryllium considering a bid of taxation hikes, including a caller taxation connected the waste of homes worthy much than £500,000 to switch stamp duty.

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Under the proposal, sellers, alternatively of buyers, would beryllium responsible for paying the tax.

The chancellor is understood to beryllium looking astatine an yearly 1% complaint connected the magnitude a property's worth exceeds £2m - a £10,000-a-year levy for homes worthy £3m.

Another connection would spot superior gains taxation (CGT) charged erstwhile personification sells their main home, based connected the magnitude it has accrued successful worth during ownership.

Reports propose this would only beryllium applied to the about costly properties, pinch a imaginable period of £1.5m, which would impact about 120,000 homeowners and higher-rate taxpayers getting CGT bills of about £200,000.