THE shelving of the Renters (Reform) Bill is a huge betrayal, London’s Mayor said today as a City Hall analysis revealed a 52 per cent rise in no-fault evictions in the capital.

The analysis of official Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures shows that the rise is more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales in the year to March.

There were 11,880 such claims in London in the first quarter of 2024, up from 7,834 in the same period last year. In the rest of England and Wales the increase was 9 per cent.