Green Deputy Leader’s Husband Exposed as a Landlord

Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward has confirmed her husband owns a rental property, despite her party’s official policy calling for the abolition of private landlords. According to the Daily Express, the revelation comes just days after a fellow deputy leader was found to own buy-to-let houses.

Rachel Millward, who serves as the deputy leader of the Green Party, has faced awkward questions after it was revealed that her husband is a landlord. The disclosure places fresh scrutiny on the eco-socialist party’s hardline stance against private renting.

A Green Party spokesperson defended the deputy leader, stating:

Rachel Millward is not a landlord in any other capacity. Her husband is sole owner of a flat that he currently rents out, below market rate. This is a separate financial arrangement to Ms Millward. Rachel absolutely advocates for the Green Party’s policy to address the housing crisis with more social housing and regulating landlords.

— Green Party Spokesperson, Daily Express

The controversy follows similar revelations concerning fellow Green deputy leader Mothin Ali, who owns two private buy-to-let properties in Leeds. At their party conference last October, members passed a motion aiming to seek the effective abolition of private landlordism amid claims tenants are treated as cash cows.

• Rachel Millward’s husband is the sole owner of a rented flat
• Fellow deputy Mothin Ali owns two buy-to-let properties in Leeds
• Green Party policy calls for the abolition of private landlords
• MP Adrian Ramsay also previously rented out a property

Further records show that other senior figures within the party have also held property interests, including MP Adrian Ramsay, who previously served as a landlord before ending the arrangement. Political opponents have seized on the disclosures as evidence of hypocrisy at the top of the party.

The debate over housing policy and private ownership continues to dominate political discourse as the party maintains its strict stance against the private rental sector.

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