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The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

The National Residential Landlords Association is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill “as a...

A lack of choice for private renters about where they can live will undermine plans set out by political parties to...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it’s ready and willing to work with a future Labour government on private rental sector...

Now a date for the General Election has been set, the Renters (Reform) Bill has expired with the proroguing and effective...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

The Labour Party says it will outlaw rental bidding wars if it wins the next General Election. The party's shadow housing minister,...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...

A little-known group called Labour Tenants United has criticised the party’s new housing spokeswoman. Initially the group welcomed the appointment to the role...

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

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents should be capped at a maximum of three...

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

The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...

Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...