Tories call for Reeves to quit after breaking home... The Guardian

Tories call for Reeves to quit after breaking home rental rules but PM rules out investigation – UK politics live

The Guardian October 30, 2025

<p>Reeves has been renting out her south London home without the specific £945 licence required by the local council</p><p><strong>Robert Peston</strong>, ITV’s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the rental licence error. He explains why in <a href="https://x.com/Peston/status/1983814792549716039">a post on social media</a>. Here is an extract.</p><p>Kemi Badenoch’s call for Starmer to sack Reeves, for failing to register her family home when she rented it on moving to Downing Street, lowers the bar quite significantly for sackable offences by ministers. I am not certain all her shadow cabinet colleagues will thank her.</p><p>The point is that there is a clear distinction between Rayner’s failure to take stamp duty advice and Reeves’s failure to register her home with the council for rent.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/30/rachel-reeves-labour-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>

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