Fresh Headache For Starmer As Reeves Admits To Unlawfully Renting Out Home Without Correct Licence

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/69031a87180000af2b03ff6f.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Rachel Reeves speaks at a business reception at Lancaster House in central London, with attendees including government ministers from both the UK and US and representatives from major UK companies, as part of the second state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.(Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP, Pool)" data-caption="Rachel Reeves speaks at a business reception at Lancaster House in central London, with attendees including government ministers from both the UK and US and representatives from major UK companies, as part of the second state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.(Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP, Pool)" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Rachel Reeves speaks at a business reception at Lancaster House in central London, with attendees including government ministers from both the UK and US and representatives from major UK companies, as part of the second state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.(Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP, Pool)</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/rachel-reeves" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rachel Reeves </a>has admitted to not obtaining the correct licence before renting out her family home.</p><p>Following reports <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15239797/Rachel-Reeves-broke-law-renting-family-home-Downing-Street.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">from the Daily Mail, </a>the chancellor wrote to the prime minister last night confirming that she “regrettably” made the error when letting out her family home in Dulwich Wood, Southwark.</p><p>S