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No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

The government confirms timeline for reforms to England’s rental market, including ending bidding wars.

‘Abolishing the two-child limit in full will set millions of children’s lives on a path to a brighter future’, major organisations say

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A total of 200 councils did not investigate a single landlord for compliance with energy efficiency standards in the space of one year

In the 20th Century, successive UK governments understood rent control measures to be essential to provision of affordable homes. From 1917, governments legislated for England & Wales accordingly. Bot...

Laura Grace, Human Rights Officer For Just Fair, participation is both ‘the arrow and the target’ – a right, and a means to achieve other rights. It sits at the centre of our work: from our Lived Experience Advisory Group, to supporting communities to be heard at the UN, to our capacity building trainings and […]

All across the globe, soaring levels of inequality are undermining democracy, fuelling the rise of authoritarianism and threatening all categories of human rights. An utterly unsustainable economic model is simultaneously bursting through planetary boundaries, bringing us to the precipice of ecosystemic collapse. In this context, renewed urgency is being given to alternative economic approaches. Approaches […]

A new report reveals extent of illegal short-term letting. Image: Central London Forward. The Government is being urged to take action after new research has found that more than half of London’s short-term holiday let properties are being rented out unlawfully. A report by Central London Forward -- a partnership of inner city boroughs -- found that more than 50 per cent of the short-term lets listed across Greater London in 2024 were booked for more than 90 days in a year, meaning they were in breach of regulations.

Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts

Do you want to campaign to improve the lives of England’s 12 million private renters? Work with the Renters’ Reform Coalition as our new Policy Officer to help make renting better. We’re looking for a...

The era of blaming the Tories is over. The public will now be looking to Labour to not just express concern — but to deliver.

Rightmove statistics show a surge in landlords putting their properties on the rental market ahead of the Renters' Rights Bill.

Following a multi-year review of the UK including an in person review in Geneva last month, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) has released its report...

This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…

The Government’s refugee citizenship ban and new immigration Bill are just more of the same: continuing the hostile environment. We can’t let this go on. These policies don’t address the real issue. I...

Families tell BBC their mould-infested homes are making them ill - Panorama investigates.

The number of people recorded sleeping out on the streets across Greater London has hit yet a new record high for the time of year, according to the latest statistics. Data published on Friday showed that a total of 4,612 people were recorded rough sleeping between October and December 2024 -- a rise of five percent on the same period in 2023.

CESCR seventh review of the UK: Submission on behalf on civil society in England. This is our second report to the Committee as part of this review, click here for the first report. Read our submissio...

An amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill to cap sky-high rent rises to wage growth and inflation is due to be considered by Labour.

The right to health Health is a universal human right.   What is The right to health? Achieving the right to health is about creating a world where everyone can access quality healthcare throughout th...