Matthew Pennycook
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 43 |
| Born | Hammersmith |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | Balliol College |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | |
| Coombe Boys' School | |
| Official site | parliament.uk |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Previous position | Shadow Minister for Climate Change of the United Kingdom (2020–2021) |
| Date of birth | January 1,1982 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 405315 |
Matthew Pennycook Life story
Matthew Thomas Pennycook is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning since 2021.
Leasehold ban not included in housing reform law
... " Not only does this long overdue piece of legislation not ensure that new flats will be sold as freehold, contrary to what ministers have claimed it doesn t even do what it says on the tin and ban the sale of new leasehold houses, " Labour s shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook said...
Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister
... Labour s shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook dismissed the government s plans, saying: " If this thin gruel is all we re getting in the King s Speech, leaseholders will have been failed...
Labour fears no-fault eviction ban will be delayed
... That response caught the attention of shadow housing minister, Matthew Pennycook, who said " court improvements could take years" and could amount to " an effective deferral of the abolition of Section 21"...
Social housing bosses could need formal qualifications
... " Shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook said: " We know from the circumstances leading up to the fire at Grenfell and those surrounding the death of Awaab Ishak that poorly managed social housing can literally kill...
Cladding: Michael Gove to vow to pursue firms behind safety problems
... Shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook called on the government to amend the Building Safety Bill, adding leaseholders should be " fully protected in law from the costs of fixing all historic defects"...
Brexit: What's behind Corbyn's letter to May?
... One frontbencher - Matthew Pennycook - has suggested the party must move to support a referendum, if Labour s new offer isn t accepted...