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An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

The local authority at Brent in north London has secured what it calls “an important court victory” after “appalling conditions” were...

A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

A firm has been fined £29,000 after a rental property was found to be - in the words of Nottingham city...

A rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...

The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...

The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...