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Reforms aim to help make consumer credit rules ‘fit for digital age’

The Consumer Credit Act was written for a different era, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City minister Rachel Blake said.

Evening Standard

London MP Rupa Huq hits out at being added to 'save Keir Starmer' letter without consent

‘Not very courteous of colleagues to put names down without their approval,’ says Ealing Central and Acton MP Rupa Huq

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Keir Starmer latest LIVE: PM tells Labour MPs 'I won't walk away' as he fights to stay in No10

Anas Sarwar calling on Starmer to resign came as a fresh bresh blow to the embattled Prime Minister after a second key ally quit

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Airbnb-style lets in London face new crackdown with registration scheme to tackle abuses

EXCLUSIVE: Details of the new register of properties are due to be announced within months to catch businesses and individuals breaking a 90-night rule on renting out homes in the capital as short-term lets

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'Agony' of Iranians in London over fate of their families in Tehran regime's crackdown on protests

Iranians in the capital are desperate for news of their loved-ones, Cities of London and Westminster MP Rachel Blake told Parliament

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Seven of Labour’s newest MPs look back on a ‘relentless’ first year

Labour won hundreds of new MPs in the 2024 general election. One year later, how do they think the government is doing?

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Days of Our Lives spoilers: week of March 10-14

Want to know what's coming up in Salem this week? Here are the Days of Our Lives spoilers for March 10-14.

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Soho's population is shrinking fast as short-term holiday lets 'hollow out' London's West End

Fewer than 2,000 people are now estimated to be living in the capital's vibrant West End

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Pedicab rules must include ban on 'nuisance' music, MP warns

The West End MP says noise from the rickshaws keeps central London residents awake at night and ‘disrupts daily life’

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David Lammy: Treatment of Jimmy Lai ‘becoming cruel and unusual punishment’

The case of the Hong Kong businessman and British national was raised during Foreign Office questions.

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'Short-term holiday lets must be tackled to protect homes for Londoners'

‘There are blocks in my constituency and across London where there are only a handful of permanent residents left’ - MP Rachel Blake

Evening Standard

One in 85 London homes listed on holiday let websites as MP warns of capital being 'hollowed out'

London Councils estimates that one in every 85 homes in the capital are currently available for short-term let and are subject to ‘virtually no regulation’

Evening Standard

‘We needed change’: mixed feelings in City after Labour sweeps London

Party wins seat that includes financial district and much of central London for first time in its history

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Could central London, headquarters of God and mammon, really be turning red?

The affluent constituency is home to Mayfair clubs, Soho theatres and City types – one of whom told me: ‘We need to pay more tax’, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Are the new government rules on short-term lets just "more hot air" for London's renters?

Homeowners who rent out their homes for more than 90 days a year will need to seek planning permission, but London already caps short term lets at that limit

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