Garyudson

garyudson.bsky.social

01 November 2025 14:21

Call me picky but I'd rather have a chancellor that isn't a criminal.

It's coming home

kiersturmer.bsky.social

01 November 2025 14:21

housing act 2004

Shane Phillips 🏳️‍⚧️

shanephillips.northsky.social

01 November 2025 14:21

It is a power granted under section 80 of the 2004 housing act. Councils have discretion over whether or not it is inforced, but it isn't a council civil matter, it falls in line with government legislation and can be enforced legally.

Dave The Tanuki

mrkebb.bsky.social

01 November 2025 14:20

I actually think this is more of a resigning offence than Rayner. Commission of a criminal offence. And even the most basic of consideration of her obligations of a landlord or the tiniest attempt to investigate her obligations would have led her to the correct answer almost immediately.

Dave The Tanuki

mrkebb.bsky.social

01 November 2025 14:20

I'd also say that although the licensing regime in Southwark may be new, selective licences are not. They come from the Housing Act 2004. This is 20-year old legislation. And the scheme in Southwark was passed in 2022. It's not that new. Inadvertent it may have been but incompetent it also was