Rachel Reeves LIVE: Bombshell emails to be released as Keir Starmer briefed | Politics | News

Harvey Wheeler, the estate agent used by Rachel Reeves to rent her south London property, has apologized for the “oversight” after they did not apply for a license on her behalf but offered to do so.

It appears the emails may prove that Ms. Reeves’ husband asked them to do this, but they were unable to do so.

Gareth Martin, owner of Harvey Wheeler, said: “We alert all our clients to the need for a licence. To assist, our previous property manager offered to apply for a license on behalf of these clients, as shown in correspondence. The property manager resigned suddenly on the Friday before the tenancy began the following Monday.

“Unfortunately, as we do not normally apply for licenses on behalf of our customers, the lack of application was not resolved by us; the responsibility for the application lies with them. We apologized to the owners for this carelessness.

“All the relevant certificates were available when the tenancy commenced and had an application for a license been made we have no doubt it would have been granted.

“Our customers were under the impression that a license was being applied for. Even though it was not our responsibility to apply, we offered to help with this.

“We deeply regret the issue our customers are experiencing because they were under the impression that they were applying for a licence.”