Pickles weighs in on rogue landlords

Cutting ties with Europe represents a huge shift for the Private Rented Sector

Mark Prisk, the Housing Minister, has claimed that landlords' responsibilities for checking the immigration status of their tenants, as proposed in the Queen's Speech, will be a "light touch".

The Treasury is launching a new campaign to chase up landlords - including those with holiday lets - who don't pay every penny of tax due on rents they receive. HMRC estimates that up to 1.