Renters' protections must go further, campaigners say

LABOUR must go further on rental reform campaigners demanded today as the Renters Rights’ Bill returned to the Commons.
Housing charity Shelter called for the government to limit the amount rent can rise throughout a tenancy and to axe “unnecessary demands for guarantors.”
Chief executive Polly Neate said: “To truly make renting more secure and affordable, the Bill must limit in-tenancy rent increases in line with either inflation or wage growth.
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