Housing charity Shelter has warned of a "terrible winter of evictions" as it estimates that one in 10 private renters is at risk of losing their homes while the government drags its feet on banning so called "no-fault" evictions.
Getting rental reform enshrined in law has been repeatedly delayed since it was first promised as a Conservative manifesto commitment by Theresa May in April 2019. Since then more than 23,000 households have already been evicted by county court bailiffs and the numbers are soaring.
