Rachel Reeves is facing pressure to quit as chancellor just weeks before the crunch autumn budget over an error that saw her breach renting rules.

Reeves admitted that she failed to obtain a licence to rent out her family home in Dulwich, south-east London, when she let it out for a reported £3,200 a month, according to the Daily Mail .

The property was in an area covered by selective licensing rules. The 2004 Housing Act powers allow local authorities to force landlords to get a licence to rent a home out in their area.

The timing of the gaffe could not be more awkward for the Labour government. The Renters’ Rights Act came into force after a long wait earlier this week and it’s four weeks until Reeves will preside over an autumn budget where she is expected to announce tax rises

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