Labour’s disgraced chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally shown she is capable of doing something about the scandal of private landlords impoverishing millions. But only to try to reduce public outrage about Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, which her boss has continually enabled.

The Guardian reported that Reeves is “considering” mandating a one-year, England-only rent freeze on private rents as the public suffers under inflation caused by the Trump-Netanyahu war of aggression. It’s an entirely inadequate and feeble gesture, but it shows that where there’s a will, there’s a way.

If Reeves and Starmer had any interest in alleviating the burden on ordinary people, they could have done it all along.

The government will discuss the proposals among ministers, who are leaning toward agreeing out of self-interest and fear of losing their jobs at the ballot box. There’s nothing like decisive and timely action and this is not timely or decisive. However, it exposes the utter callousness and corporatism of the Starmer regime.

The Guardian went to the right-wing corporate lobby for comment — the head of the Centre for Policy Studies — who of course said it was a bad idea. However, he did also say Starmer’s government should build more houses, which of course it should.

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