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Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake at the Renters' Rights Bill third reading
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Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

The Tories promised to scrap no-fault evictions almost six years ago but more than 100 MPs voted against Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill and shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake refused to say he supported the incoming ban
Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis
Cardboard boxes piled up at a London Renters Union protest
Nye Jones

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
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What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

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Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
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Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
Deborah from Sheffield faced a section 21 eviction
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs

Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises
To Let signs to attract renters
Paula Barker MP

Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises

Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
Housing secretary Angela Rayner is responsible for Labour renting reforms
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Renters' Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's Law lawyer Christian Weaver
Awaab's law

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only 'make a dent' in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025
house for sale sign
House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what's going to happen to house prices in 2025

Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?
two builders on scaffolding
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Landlords are threatening an 'exodus' by selling up. What will happen to renters' homes if they do?

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Ben Twomey

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide
The Salvation Army worker with a man who has experienced homelessness
Nick Redmore

Homelessness doesn't have to rise in 2025 – here's what can be done to turn the tide

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords
A row of houses in the UK
Renting

Labour's devolution plans could make it easier for councils to take horror homes off rogue landlords

'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest
Renters march down London's Oxford Street holding a banner demanding 'rent controls now'
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'We are sick and tired': Hundreds of renters demand 'rent controls now' in Christmas protest

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Houses on a street in England
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it's pushing them to their limits
two hands holding keys
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Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it's pushing them to their limits

'A national disgrace': More than 350,000 people homeless in England this Christmas
A man in a tent
Homelessness

'A national disgrace': More than 350,000 people homeless in England this Christmas

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Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: 'Labour must get to grips with this crisis'
A couple in temporary accommodation with a dog
Homelessness

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: 'Labour must get to grips with this crisis'

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Renting

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
A plumber is reaching up into the bottom of a boiler in a white room
Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property