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A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

The London Mayor has been told to act urgently against the landlords of so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ in London. This is the largely-unregulated...

Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

The government has been told to raise the landlord cost cap to £10,000 to increase the number of private rental sector...

A Labour housing politician is accusing the government of using Coronavirus as an excuse for dragging its feet over scrapping Section...

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

The government is being urged to increase housing benefits and remove the benefit cap to help support more tenants, especially in...

Ahead of next month’s general election, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning that any potential proposal to introduce rent controls...

The government’s plans to scrap Section 21 notices to evict tenants could potentially pave the way for the introduction of open-ended...

Transport for London (TfL) has finally bowed to pressure from campaigners and announced a ban on adverts that promote short-term letting...

Hostmaker, which specialises in managing London properties put on to Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has apologised for causing controversy over...

More than 8,300 Londoners have called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban adverts ‘encouraging’ landlords to abandon long-term tenants for...

Controversial short-lets managing agents Hostmaker has defended its latest advertising campaign after once again sparking outrage among some industry professionals for...

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

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

The London Assembly Members yesterday agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor of London to back a campaign to abolish...

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

Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...

Some 60% of London landlords would reduce the size of their property portfolios in the event of a rent freeze.  This is...

A member of Labour’s London Assembly has warned that “Boris Johnson’s system of voluntary self-regulation is failing private renters in Tower...