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A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents.   The...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...

A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants.    The agency was caught...

A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...

Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it has...

A property consultancy specialising in licensing regimes for privately-let properties says there have been 580 housing prosecutions in London under the...