Nationwide and Shelter say the private rental sector including landlords and lettings agents need major surgery in order to tip the balance of power towards tenants.

Labour, Shelter and Generation Rent housing chiefs call for new possession hearings ban but government says existing measures suffice.

In a thinly veiled attack on private rented sector landlords and agents, the charity says the government must step in after 'decades of decline'.

Paul Carr Estate Agents has been found 'unlawfully discriminatory' after telling a disabled house hunter it had a blanket 'No DSS' policy.

ARLA Propertymark says the Johnson government must follow the Welsh and Scottish governments and set up a tenant relief fund soon.

Usually opposed organisations have come together to highlight how thousands of tenants are 'falling through gaps' and that system of grants and loans is needed urgently.

Landlords and tenants are squaring off this week as the end to the evictions ban looms just a week away - and many wonder if the government will extend it.

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed her intentions inadvertently during a meeting, but will England, Wales and Northern Ireland now follow suit?