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Keir Starmer becomes a landlord after moving to Downing Street | Politics | News
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Keir Starmer becomes a landlord after moving to Downing Street | Politics | News

It has been revealed that Keir Starmer has been a landlord since joining Downing Street.

The new list of interests, published for the first time since the general election, outlines any conflicts of interest ministers may have, including their former jobs, the jobs of their partners and family members and other sources of income.

With the entry of the Prime Minister, it was revealed that sir Keir Starmer He now rents out his house in the Camden townhouse, which was left empty after his family moved to Downing Street.

This means he is now one of Britain’s newest landlords, contradicting warnings that Labour’s rental reforms would drive providers out of the housing market.

Sir Keir and his wife Victoria had lived at their home in Kentish Town since 2004; This house was originally purchased for £650,000 in 2004, but is now worth around £2 million.

Prices for similar-sized townhouses in the area range from £3,000 to £5,000 a month, meaning Starmer now earns a sizeable second income.

The Prime Minister earns £79,990 a year on top of his MP’s salary of £91,346.

Ministerial salaries were frozen by David Cameron in 2015, meaning they have fallen significantly in real terms over the last nine years.

Sir Keir joins Rachel Reeves, who was last month revealed to be making £74,000 a year in rental income from two properties.

These include his family’s home since moving to No11 Downing Street, a four-bedroom property in south London for £3,200; and a two-bed flat in central London for £3,000 a month.

Ms Reeves faced criticism after describing homeowners’ and second homeowners’ budgets as the “final nail in the coffin” for the hire purchase sector.

in 2022 Keir Starmer He made £400,000 after selling seven acres of green belt land behind his parents’ former home in Oxted, Surrey.

It was later revealed that he had violated the MPs’ code of conduct by not registering the sale of the land, but he got off with a minor slap in the face.

As well as the flat in Downing Street, Sir Keir was also rewarded with the right to use exclusive properties such as Checkers and Dorneywood.