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- Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not pursuing rent controls.
- Rayner said the May 2026 Renters' Rights Act bans fixed-term tenancies and limits rent rises to once a year.
- Scotland’s rent controls ran from October 2022 to 2023 and let Holyrood set 6% caps by 2027.
- Polanski and Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan urge England-wide caps, while Rayner says the 1.5 million-home target for 2029 is harder because of costs.
