HUNDREDS of tenants are set to protest in London on one of the busiest shopping days of the year to draw attention to the human cost of rising rents.

The protest, organised by the London Renters Union (LRU) will kick off at 11.30am in Cavendish Square Gardens on Saturday. 

Average rents in the capital have soared to an average of £2,172 a month, outstripping the pre-tax monthly earnings of £1,939 of someone on the London Living Wage working 35 hours a week.