Shared ownership is becoming a “problematic” form of housing in London, Greenwich & Woolwich’s MP Matt Pennycook has said. The housing minister said he had seen issues in his own constituency with the tenure, which allows people to buy a share of their new home and pay regulated rent on the rest. Shared ownership is […]
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I wouldn’t take free tickets for O2 concerts, says Greenwich MP
The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has said he would not accept free tickets to concerts, two days after the chancellor Rachel Reeves was criticised for taking free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter show at the O2. Pennycook, who is the minister for planning, was quizzed by LBC breakfast show host Nick Ferrari about […]
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP becomes shadow housing minister
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has been named shadow minister for housing in planning after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled his shadow cabinet. He will work under Lisa Nandy, the new shadow communities secretary, after spending 18 months as the party’s spokesperson on climate change. Pennycook said he was “delighted” to be taking […]
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP Pennycook speaks out on cladding as Starmer visits Thamesmead
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has criticised “reprehensible” proposals to make leaseholders pay to make the cladding on their homes safe, hours after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Thamesmead residents who fear bankruptcy. Pennycook spoke out in a Labour debate in the House of Commons on the crisis following the Grenfell Tower disaster, […]
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