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Matthew Pennycook

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Gender Male
Age 42
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 positionShadow Minister for Climate Change of the United Kingdom (2020–2021)
Date of birth January 1,1982
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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

Leasehold ban not included in housing reform law
Nov 29,2023 2:21 pm

... " 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

Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister
Oct 29,2023 3:31 pm

... 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

Labour fears no-fault eviction ban will be delayed
Oct 22,2023 5:51 pm

... 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

Social housing bosses could need formal qualifications
Feb 26,2023 10:01 am

... " 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

Cladding: Michael Gove to vow to pursue firms behind safety problems
Jan 8,2022 9:10 pm

... 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?

Brexit: What's behind Corbyn's letter to May?
Feb 16,2020 2:48 am

... One frontbencher - Matthew Pennycook - has suggested the party must move to support a referendum, if Labour s new offer isn t accepted...

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