Angela Rayner hailed her work in introducing the Renters’ Rights Bill in her resignation letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week.

Rayner stepped down as Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister after she was found to have breached the ministerial code.

It comes after she admitted receiving incorrect advice that meant she underpaid the Stamp Duty on a recent property purchase.

Rayner said in her resignation letter: “Our Renters’ Rights Bill will finally ban the oppressive rule of no-fault evictions and will reset the balance between renters and landlords through ground breaking protection for renters. 

“Everyone deserves to live in a safe and decent home, and I know this legislation will deliver that for millions of people across the country.”

She added: “The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will also be instrumental in getting the homes so many people across this country need built, and I am so proud that at the Spending Review we announced the biggest investment in social and affordable housing in a generation with the overwhelming amount of this going to genuinely social rent homes.”