Haringey Green council leader slams Burnham’s rent control letdown
The Green Party’s victory over Labour in Haringey was one of its biggest successes in May’s local elections. And new Green council leader Mark Blake is intent on making a positive impact. But he says Andy Burnham’s national government has already disappointed by failing to devolve the power to introduce rent controls. A big devolution fail already from the ‘devolution prime minister’ Considering Burnham’s whole shtick is devolution, it was a massive disappointment when his new housing secretary Angela Rayner confirmed that the central government would be making the call not to back rent controls. As Blake told the Canary, Rayner’s…

