Overview
- Downing Street published correspondence indicating Harvey & Wheeler told Nicholas Joicey they would apply for a selective licence for the Dulwich property.
- The agency apologised, citing a staff resignation and its failure to take the application forward, while Reeves accepted overall responsibility.
- Sir Laurie Magnus advised that the breach was an inadvertent oversight and recommended no further ministerial action, which the Prime Minister accepted.
- Reeves has now applied for the required licence, but potential enforcement under the Housing Act 2004, including fines or rent repayment orders, remains possible.
- Conservative figures, including Kemi Badenoch, continue to press for an ethics investigation as No 10 confirms Reeves will deliver the 26 November Budget.