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06 February 2024
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An unnamed Conservative MP cited in a newspaper claims up to 30 colleagues may vote against the Renters Reform Bill in...
11 May 2023
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A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...
21 September 2022
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Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...
20 April 2022
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Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...
03 November 2021
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A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...
15 June 2021
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At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...
09 April 2021
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The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...
09 September 2020
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03 July 2020
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New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...
18 March 2020
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Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
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One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
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A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...
13 November 2019
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...
01 November 2019
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A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
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As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
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The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
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Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...
10 July 2019
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
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A collection of rental sector protest organisations is getting together to campaign against S21 powers under which landlords or agents on...
18 June 2018
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The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...
24 April 2018
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The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...
13 March 2018
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Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...
02 March 2018
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
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Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
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The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...
02 October 2017
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The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...
29 September 2017
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Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government. The announcement, made by Labour...
28 September 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...
27 September 2017
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A rogue landlord in Corby has been ordered to pay over £20,000 and sign up to a Criminal Behaviour Order which...
29 August 2017
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The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8. Titled 'For the many not the...
17 May 2017
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A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...
28 April 2017
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Labour’s respected housing expert, John Healey, is now back on the front bench as the party’s housing spokesman after a spat...
11 October 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
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It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...
13 June 2016
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Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...
28 October 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...