Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage growth
One of the thinktanks closest to the Labour government is urging ministers to introduce private sector rent controls in England, as the chancellor weighs up how to ease a surge in living costs caused by the Iran war.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower.

Think about it: the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower. That speaks volumes.
Reading that influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage — hard to argue with the logic there.
If the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
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Basically the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
When you look at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower, the implications are hard to ignore.
Basically influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower — hard to argue with the logic there.
Considering the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
So the bottom line is influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage. Wonder how this will land.
On one hand the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower. But at the same time influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage.
This should be getting way more coverage.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower. Meanwhile influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage.
In other words the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower. Curious to see how this develops.
Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage. Meanwhile the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a paper calling for a rent “double lock”, which would link rent increases to either wages or inflation, depending on which was lower.