Tell us: have you had to pay a surcharge to keep your pet in UK rented accommodation?

Have you ever been asked to pay a surcharge or extra rent to keep a pet in your rented property? Photograph: Alamy/PA

MP Taiwo Owatemi’s £900 expense claim for a landlord’s surcharge to let her keep her dog in her London flat has prompted ministers to ask the Commons authorities for a review of allowance rules.

The MP, who has a cockapoo called Bella, made her expense claim last August and it was accepted by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). But security minister Dan Jarvis said on Sunday he would not have made such a claim, and criticised the rules that allowed his Labour colleague to do so.

We would like to hear from UK renters who have ever been asked to pay a fee or higher rent because they owned a pet.

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