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A Labour councillor in charge of housing at a London town hall has been forced to quit after failing to get licences for his rental homes.

Michael Situ has resigned as the Cabinet Member for Housing at Southwark Council - the same borough where Chancellor Rachel Reeves broke renting rules.

He last night admitted he did not obtain the correct permissions to let out his two properties in Peckham and accounts with his estate agents had "fallen into council tax arrears".

In a letter to the borough's leader, Sarah King, Mr Situ blamed a local letting agent who manages

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