An Early Day Motion tabled by MP Greg Mulholland is calling for the Government to get a move on with its plans to raise the rent threshold for ASTs to £100,000 on October 1, and to introduce a legislative timetable.
Mulholland is Liberal Democrat MP for Leeds North West.
The motion says: “That this House welcomes the Government’s announcement recommending that the threshold for the Tenancy Deposit Scheme be raised from £25,000 to £100,000 which will ensure that many more people, including thousands of students, will be protected from rogue landlords wrongly withholding deposits; celebrates the success of the campaign for such a change, which was supported by the National Union of Students, Unipol and The Sun newspaper; notes that the Use Class Order consultation calls on the Government to ensure that the results of this consultation become law as quickly as possible; expresses concern that the Government has not set a date or a timescale for introducing this important change; and, with the general election imminent, urges the Government to do so before Parliament is dissolved.”
Comments
Clear as mud then.
We will have a contract due to start Aug 10 with a value of £35k. Should we :
(a) issue a non-AST contract until 30 Sept and an AST from 1 Oct ?
(b) issue an AST from Aug ?
(c) do something else ?
I've had enough of being serious on here today.
Am I the only person reading this who creases when he reads "An Early Day Motion tabled..."