PRIVATE rents should be frozen immediately until controls are put in place by the government, Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn MP said today.He said that “it is a national travesty” that the average worker is left with next to nothing each month after paying nearly half their gross salary on rent.Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled out rent controls in July despite PM Andy Burnham supporting a rent freeze as Greater Manchester mayor in 2023.Mr Corbyn said: “For millions of renters, payday has become the day they feel their landlord’s bank balance heave. 

PRIVATE rents should be frozen immediately until controls are put in place by the government, Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn MP said today.

He said that “it is a national travesty” that the average worker is left with next to nothing each month after paying nearly half their gross salary on rent.

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled out rent controls in July despite PM Andy Burnham supporting a rent freeze as Greater Manchester mayor in 2023.

Mr Corbyn said: “For millions of renters, payday has become the day they feel their landlord’s bank balance heave.

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