MPs, doctors and campaigners have demanded immediate measures to protect private renters from exposure to life-threatening mould and damp.

Landlords in social housing will be obligated to make emergency repairs within 24 hours under proposals announced under Awab’s law.

The legislation was introduced after the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his home in Rochdale.