Extend rent controls to small shops
“We will also extend rent controls to small shop premises, giving councils the power to prevent landlords from hiking up the price and driving out independent retailers.”
- Promised
Where it stands
The Green Party is not in government, so the card stays at Promised. He said it when he and Hannah Spencer MP announced the party's three-step plan for high streets on a visit to a high street in Manchester. The release does not say how the controls would work or by when.
What has happened
- Apr 2026Zack Polanski pledges to extend rent controls to small shop premises, Promised
About the cost
No cost was given in the cited source.
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