Plea over student house rule
Town hall bosses are urging the government to reconsider after scrapping rules aimed at stemming the tide of shared student homes just two months after they were brought in.
Manchester council heralded the new planning powers as a victory for the city after lobbying the Labour government to introduce them.
The rules meant that landlords had to apply for specific planning permission to rent properties out as houses in multiple occupation, where there are more than two unrelated people sharing …