Data from the English Housing Survey of 2022/23 shows the number of private rented households living in overcrowded conditions stands at 232,249, compared to 152,138 in 2009/10
London renters are being offered the flat above the former George IV in Kentish Town for £800 a month - but there's no bed and you'll have to share a toilet with five other tenants
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At the State Opening of Parliament, King Charles announced that the Renters' Reform Bill would be carried through Parliament ahead of the next year's general election - but the bill has been significantly watered down compared to its original form
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has agreed to delay ban in a bid to appease Tory rebels threatening to vote against the Renters Reform Bill as they are landlords themselves