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The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

Scottish Labour Party leader Anas Sarwar has called for the Scottish Government to implement an emergency rent freeze. The freeze, which Sarwar...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

The Scottish Labour Party has written to the SNP government of that country to demand more protection for private tenants. Labour housing...

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...

The recent decision to abolish The Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill demonstrates the difficulty of introducing lettings regulation amid ongoing uncertainty, while...

A proposed Bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases could drive many buy-to-let landlords out...

The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...

Landlords and tenants across Scotland will be consulted over plans to impose rent restrictions north of the border. Scottish Labour wants to...

Labour has once again called for rents to be capped in Scotland after fresh data revealed rent increases were outstripping wage...

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has unveiled proposals to control rents and limit the power of private landlords, despite concerns that...

Richard Leonard, the Scottish Labour leadership candidate backed by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, has called for ‘stringent’ rent controls to be...

Private landlords north of the border have received more than £2bn in housing benefit over the past five years, new figures...