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Private rent annual change under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Private rent annual change: January 2016 to July 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0%2.5%5%7.5%201620182020202220242026January 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2016: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2016: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2016: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2016: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2017: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2017: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2017: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2017: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2017: 2.7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2017: 2.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2017: 2.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2017: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2017: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2017: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2017: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2017: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2018: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2018: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2018: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2018: 0.8% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2018: 0.8% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2018: 0.7% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2018: 0.6% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2018: 0.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2018: 0.9% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2018: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2018: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2018: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2019: 1.4% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2019: 1.4% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2019: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2019: 1.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2019: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2019: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2019: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2019: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2019: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2019: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2020: 2.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2020: 2.1% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2020: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2020: 1.8% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2020: 1.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2020: 1.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2020: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2020: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2020: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2020: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2021: 1% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2021: 1.2% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2021: 1.1% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2021: 1.3% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2021: 1.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2021: 1.7% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2021: 2% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2021: 2.5% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2022: 2.7% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2022: 3% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2022: 3.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2022: 3.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2022: 4% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2022: 4.1% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2022: 4.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2022: 4.8% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2022: 5.1% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2022: 5.2% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2022: 5.5% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2022: 5.6% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2023: 5.8% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2023: 6% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2023: 6.2% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2023: 6.6% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2023: 7.2% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2023: 7.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2023: 7.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2023: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2023: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2023: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2024: 8.5% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2024: 8.9% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2024: 9.1% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2024: 8.9% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2024: 8.7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2024: 8.6% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2024: 8.5% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2024: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2024: 8.4% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2024: 8.6% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2024: 9% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2024: 9% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2025: 8.7% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2025: 8.1% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2025: 7.7% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2025: 7.4% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2025: 7% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2025: 6.7% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2025: 5.9% percent · published 19 August 2026August 2025: 5.7% percent · published 19 August 2026September 2025: 5.5% percent · published 19 August 2026October 2025: 5% percent · published 19 August 2026November 2025: 4.4% percent · published 19 August 2026December 2025: 3.9% percent · published 19 August 2026January 2026: 3.5% percent · published 19 August 2026February 2026: 3.6% percent · published 19 August 2026March 2026: 3.4% percent · published 19 August 2026April 2026: 3.5% percent · published 19 August 2026May 2026: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026June 2026: 3.3% percent · published 19 August 2026July 2026: 3.7% percent · published 19 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present8.6%June 20243.7%July 2026↓ 57.2%−4.9%
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 20242.1%November 20198.6%June 2024↑ 300.7%+6.4%
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 20192.7%May 20172.1%November 2019↓ 19.4%−0.5%
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 2017No complete period was published before this government took office.
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.