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'It's Legoland for Landlords': Why Rents Soared in Newport
May 2, 2026
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No city saw faster rising rents in Britain last year than Newport in South Wales. But how did it become like "Legoland for landlords" and what does that have to do with Margaret Thatcher? Ahead of the Senedd elections on May 7 where versions of rent controls are included in the manifestos of Plaid Cymru and the Wales Green party, Novara Media's James Hitchings-Hales spoke to Acorn Cardiff and Will Hayward – who first broke the story of the rent crisis in Cymru – to find out.
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