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An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...

To put it mildly, landlords are very rarely subject to an outpouring of sympathy from the general public. When the economy...

The country’s main student body is calling on the government to implement a cap on student rents. The National Union of Students...

Landlords will be forced by law to pass on the £400 energy rebate to tenants with all-inclusive bills, the government says. Activist...

If you’re counting the days until you’ll get help with runaway price rises, it helps to know exactly how many days...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

As the cost of energy spikes and the government rolls out new support, landlords and tenants involved in ‘bills included’ rental...

The government has repeated its demand that landlords pass on energy rebates to tenants. A written parliamentary question on this issue was...

A surprising call has come from a major industry supplier - it wants landlords to set up standing orders with their...

A senior Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove seeking reassurances that landlords will not keep council tax...

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...

The Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier is warning that some landlords of HMOs may receive the government’s financial energy assistance- and...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

The Times has highlighted chaotic scenes at HM Revenue and Customs where a landlord, amongst others, has been impacted. According to its...

Over a fifth of students questioned in a new survey say they have been unable to pay rent in full over...

A Labour MP has written to private landlords asking for a rent reduction or release from a tenancy for students prevented...

Over two thirds of student renters are worried about their ability to pay rent with around a quarter having been unable...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new tool for tenants to check on their landlords - and possibly claim...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association’s (STAA) is lobbying the government for an emergency support package to help the short-term rental...

Primas Law is urging landlords and property developers to seek legal advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties...