Reeves Admits Unlicensed Dulwich Rental

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted she inadvertently rented out her four‑bedroom Dulwich family home without obtaining Southwark Council’s required "selective" licence after moving into No 11 Downing Street and has applied for the licence once the omission was pointed out. She referred herself to the independent ethics adviser and informed Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, saying a lettings agency did not tell her the property was in a licensing area. The property has been let since September 2024 for about £3,200 a month, and Reeves has declared the rental income on her register of interests. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and other critics have demanded a full investigation, with some commentators drawing comparisons to the Angela Rayner housing scandal. Reeves’s team described the breach as an inadvertent mistake and said she has cooperated with ethics processes amid continuing media scrutiny.