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Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...

A leading property industry figure has exploded the myths that lie behind the calls for private rent controls. Ian Fletcher, director of...

A Labour council which banned councillors who were landlords from contributing to a key debate has done a U-turn on legal...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is developing rent control proposals as part of his 2020 re-election bid in the hope...

Criminal landlords across London will be named and shamed on an online database after all London boroughs signed up to a rogue...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...

The new mayor of London has pledged to get tough on rogue landlords in the capital by introducing a ‘London Landlord...