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New Labour leader Keir Starmer finalised his shadow cabinet appointments yesterday, with Thangam Debbonaire securing the role of shadow housing secretary. Debbonaire,...

Labour is urging the government to permit private tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to the coronavirus epidemic to...

A Labour government would aim to address what it sees as a ‘power imbalance’ between landlords and renters by introducing “indefinite”...

Croydon Council has become the first local authority to support calls to scrap the so-called ‘no fault’ evictions in order to...

Labour’s plans to scrap legislation permitting private landlords to evict tenants without reason has been slammed by a leading letting agency...

Labour plans to abolish legislation permitting private landlords to evict tenants without giving a reason. Section 21 notices, which have been in...

Plans to create ‘healthy homes zones’, as part of an effort to reduce housing-related health inequalities, have been proposed by the...

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

Rogue landlords receive in the region of £2.5bn a year for renting out ‘non-decent’ properties, which includes homes that are unsafe,...

Labour has pledged a “consumer rights revolution” which will introduce legal minimum standards for all rental homes because people currently have...