The article discusses the ongoing efforts by UK Conservatives to undermine the Labour's Renters' Rights Bill, amidst private negotiations with major landlords. Senior Tory officials are reportedly discussing legal challenges and strategies to delay the bill as it progresses through the House of Lords. This bill aims to provide more protections for renters, highlighting a growing tension between political and housing sector interests. The involvement of campaign groups like Acorn underscores the complexities of this legislative battle, emphasizing the need for strong advocacy for tenant rights in the face of opposition.
Top Tories are in private talks with big landlords in a bid to thwart Labour's renters' rights bill, it has emerged. In a bid to scupper the legislation, which overhauls private renting laws to give more protection to renters, senior Conservatives have met landlords to consider options including a legal challenge under human rights law.
Campaign group Acorn said there is a coordinated attempt by landlords and their supporters within the Lords to frustrate the progress of the renters' rights bill.
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