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Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

Renters living in 15 Hackney flats have been awarded a rent repayment order after a tribunal found billionaire landlord John Christodoulou failed to meet basic legal safety obligations

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

The start of April sees a range of bills, taxes, and benefits go up. But help is available to those struggling

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds
Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds

Loughborough’s Centre for Research in Social Policy has found a sharp rise in the number of people struggling to maintain a decent standard of living in the UK

Paying off your landlord’s mortgage can’t be right in this day and age. There must be a cleverer way
John Bird

Paying off your landlord’s mortgage can’t be right in this day and age. There must be a cleverer way

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why

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How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump’s US election victory
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump’s US election victory

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over
Letters

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know
renting

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know

Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say
Renters' rights

Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say

Ending a fixed term tenancy
Renting

Ending a fixed term tenancy

Is subletting illegal?
Renting

Is subletting illegal?

How to set up bills when renting
renting

How to set up bills when renting

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?
renting

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?

What is a guarantor for rent?
renting

What is a guarantor for rent?

How much can a landlord increase rent?
renting

How much can a landlord increase rent?

Help with rental arrears
Renting

Help with rental arrears

How to get help with rent
Renting

How to get help with rent

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
RENTING

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt
Cost of living

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it
Nadia Whittome

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’
Housing

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’

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Landlord Tory MPs are trying to ‘gut’ protections for private renters, analysis shows
Renters Reform Bill

Landlord Tory MPs are trying to ‘gut’ protections for private renters, analysis shows

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter
Housing

‘A national scandal’: Nearly 5,000 deaths caused by cold and damp homes last winter

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay
Renters Reform Bill

Renters Reform Bill: Tories vote down Labour bid to end no-fault evictions delay

Ban on no-fault evictions delayed indefinitely. Here’s why you should be furious
End Housing Insecurity Now

Ban on no-fault evictions delayed indefinitely. Here’s why you should be furious