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LONDON’S mayoral candidates will be grilled by renters in the run-up to the vote, housing campaigners announced yesterday.
The challenge was issued by campaigning groups Generation Rent, Renters’ Rights London and Priced Out, which invited five of the candidates to hustings on the housing crisis.
Green Party hopeful Sian Berry and Ukip’s runner Peter Whittle will attend on March 29.
Edinburgh’s upcoming by-elections offer tenants a chance to put politicians under pressure over soaring rents and a council that has repeatedly sided with landlords and developers, says ADITI JEHANGIR
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says