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After an emergency cabinet reshuffle sparked by Angela Rayner’s resignation, environment secretary Steve Reed has taken on the housing brief. Ella Jessel looks at what he might bring to the role

After an emergency cabinet reshuffle sparked by Angela Rayner’s resignation, environment secretary Steve Reed has taken on the housing brief. Ella Jessel looks at what he might bring to the role

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Following Angela Rayner’s resignation last week over reports of underpaid stamp duty, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer swiftly reshuffled his cabinet, placing Reed in the pivotal role.

New Housing Secretary Steve Reed has a track record of lambasting landlords as a quick trawl through Hansard parliamentary records reveals.

Reed, the MP for Streatham and Croydon North, was appointed on Friday (5 September) to head the ministry for housing, communities and local government following Angela Rayner’s resignation as housing secretary, deputy Labour leader and deputy prime minister.

Steve Reed has been appointed housing secretary following Angela Rayner’s resignation last week.